Marine Corps League
L.P. McElveen, Jr. #1454
MCL Detachment #1454 — Diamondhead, MS. Service and a meeting hall — Diamondhead.
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Meetings: 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1454
- Diamondhead, MS
- 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM
L.P. McElveen, Jr. #1454. Its detachment has met since 1966 — Diamondhead, MS. 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 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM, at the hall — Diamondhead. 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 — Diamondhead, MS. 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 — Diamondhead, MS.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 1454 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Diamondhead, MS.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Diamondhead, MS.
60
Years on the calendar — Diamondhead
Charter story set in 1966
40 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
33
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of L.P. McElveen, Jr. #1454. The public directory lists it as 2nd Monday, 6:30 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 — Diamondhead, MS. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 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 — Diamondhead, MS. |
| Wed, Jun 10, 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
L.P. McElveen, Jr. #1454. 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 — Diamondhead, MS.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Diamondhead
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1454 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 — Diamondhead.
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 Monday, 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Diamondhead, MS.
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 1454 — Diamondhead, MS. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Diamondhead, MS.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Diamondhead, MS. L.P. McElveen, Jr. #1454. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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