Marine Corps League
Knox County #1299
MCL Detachment #1299 — Mt. Vernon, OH. Service and a meeting hall — Mt. Vernon.
- MCL Detachment #1299
- Mt. Vernon, OH
In 1995 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1299 — Mt. Vernon, OH. From that first meeting the detachment grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
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 the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, at the hall — Mt. Vernon. 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 — Mt. Vernon, OH. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Mt. Vernon, OH.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Mt. Vernon, OH.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Mt. Vernon, OH.
31
Years on the calendar — Mt. Vernon
Charter story set in 1995
180 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
37
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Knox County #1299, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Confirm with the group 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 — Mt. Vernon, OH. |
| Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — Mt. Vernon, OH. |
| Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The detachment installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Knox County #1299. 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 spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Mt. Vernon, OH.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Mt. Vernon
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1299 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 — Mt. Vernon.
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 the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Mt. Vernon, OH.
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 1299 — Mt. Vernon, OH. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Mt. Vernon, OH.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Mt. Vernon, OH. Knox County #1299. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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