Marine Corps League
Middle Peninsula #1317
MCL Detachment #1317 — Gloucester, VA. A detachment since 1946 — Gloucester, VA.
mcl1317.com · listed in public directories. orgpage.org is not this group’s official site.
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1317
- Gloucester, VA
- 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 PM
In 1946 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1317 — Gloucester, VA. 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.
The regular meeting is 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 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 — Gloucester, VA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Gloucester, VA. 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 — Gloucester, VA.
Veterans
Veteran support
Middle Peninsula #1317. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Gloucester, VA.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 1317 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Gloucester, VA.
80
Years on the calendar — Gloucester
Charter story set in 1946
190 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
42
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Middle Peninsula #1317. The public directory lists it as 2nd Wednesday, 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 — Gloucester, VA. |
| Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the members bring the food. |
| Sat, Jun 20, 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
Middle Peninsula #1317. 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 a Saturday of hall repairs on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Gloucester, VA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Gloucester
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1317 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 — Gloucester.
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 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Gloucester, VA.
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 1317 — Gloucester, VA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Gloucester, VA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Gloucester, VA. Middle Peninsula #1317. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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