Marine Corps League
Edson Kline VanSlyke #1423
MCL Detachment #1423 — Bay City, MI. A detachment since 1963 — Bay City, MI.
Meetings: 4th Wednesday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1423
- Bay City, MI
- 4th Wednesday, 7:00 PM
Edson Kline VanSlyke #1423. Its detachment has met since 1963 — Bay City, MI. 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.
Meetings are 4th Wednesday, 7:00 PM, at the hall — Bay 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 — Bay City, MI. 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 — Bay City, MI.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Bay City, MI.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 1423 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Bay City, MI.
63
Years on the calendar — Bay City
Charter story set in 1963
140 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
41
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Edson Kline VanSlyke #1423. The public directory lists it as 4th 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 — Bay City, MI. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1423. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Edson Kline VanSlyke #1423. 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 — Bay City, MI.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Bay City
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1423 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 — Bay 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 4th Wednesday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Bay City, MI.
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 1423 — Bay City, MI. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 4th Wednesday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Bay City, MI.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Bay City, MI. Edson Kline VanSlyke #1423. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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