Marine Corps League
Maj Lawrence Des Jardines #1260
MCL Detachment #1260 — Albany, GA. Service and a meeting hall — Albany.
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1260
- Albany, GA
- 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Maj Lawrence Des Jardines #1260. Its detachment has met since 1946 — Albany, GA. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, and the members who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the members hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
The regular meeting is 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the members stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — Albany, GA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Albany, GA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 1260 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Albany, GA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Albany, GA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 1260 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Albany, GA.
80
Years on the calendar — Albany
Charter story set in 1946
130 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
20
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Maj Lawrence Des Jardines #1260. The public directory lists it as 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Confirm before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The members read the names they have been given — Albany, GA. |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Albany. |
| Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1260. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Maj Lawrence Des Jardines #1260. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the detachment already knows. The members voted to keep the winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Albany, GA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Albany
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1260 set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — Albany.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the detachment looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Albany, GA.
Officers
Officers
Commandant
Senior Vice Commandant
Adjutant
Paymaster
Chaplain
Sergeant at Arms
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Detachment 1260 — Albany, GA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Albany, GA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Albany, GA. Maj Lawrence Des Jardines #1260. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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