Marine Corps League
Royal Gorge #1318
MCL Detachment #1318 — Canon City, CO. A detachment since 1951 — Canon City, CO.
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Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1318
- Canon City, CO
- 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM
In 1951 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1318 — Canon City, CO. 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.
Over the years the detachment has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The members keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
Meetings are 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM, at the hall — Canon City. 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 — Canon City, CO. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Canon City, CO.
Veterans
Veteran support
Royal Gorge #1318. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Canon City, CO.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Canon City, CO.
75
Years on the calendar — Canon City
Charter story set in 1951
130 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
14
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Royal Gorge #1318. 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 — Canon City, CO. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Canon City. |
| Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1318. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Royal Gorge #1318. 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 — Canon City, CO.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Canon City
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1318 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 — Canon City.
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 — Canon City, CO.
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 1318 — Canon City, CO. 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 — Canon City, CO.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Canon City, CO. Royal Gorge #1318. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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