Marine Corps League
Col Phillip C De Long #1267
MCL Detachment #1267 — The Villages, FL. A detachment since 1960 — The Villages, FL.
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Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1267
- The Villages, FL
- 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM
Col Phillip C De Long #1267, the Marine Corps League Detachment 1267 — The Villages, FL. The detachment dates to 1960, when veterans home from the Second World War and Korea wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
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.
Meetings are 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM, at the hall — The Villages. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the detachment might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — The Villages, FL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — The Villages, FL.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — The Villages, FL.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — The Villages, FL.
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Years on the calendar — The Villages
Charter story set in 1960
40 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
51
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Col Phillip C De Long #1267. The public directory lists it as 3rd Monday, 7:00 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 — The Villages, FL. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — The Villages. |
| Sun, Jun 7, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1267. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Col Phillip C De Long #1267. 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 — The Villages, FL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — The Villages
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1267 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 — The Villages.
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 Monday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — The Villages, FL.
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 1267 — The Villages, FL. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — The Villages, FL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — The Villages, FL. Col Phillip C De Long #1267. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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