Marine Corps League
Los Angeles-West Valley #1490
MCL Detachment #1490 — Canoga Park, CA. A detachment since 1946 — Canoga Park, CA.
mcl1490.org · listed in public directories. orgpage.org is not this group’s official site.
Meetings: Meeting/Time: Last Thursday of Each Month, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1490
- Canoga Park, CA
- Meeting/Time: Last Thursday of Each Month, 7:00 PM
In 1946 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1490 — Canoga Park, CA. 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.
People point to the detachment for the Memorial Day observance and for the quieter help that never makes a program — Canoga Park. The members would rather be useful than famous, which is why the hall still smells like coffee on meeting night.
Meetings are Meeting/Time: Last Thursday of Each Month, 7:00 PM, at the hall — Canoga Park. 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 — Canoga Park, CA. 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 — Canoga Park, CA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 1490 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Canoga Park, CA.
Veterans
Veteran support
Los Angeles-West Valley #1490. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Canoga Park, CA.
80
Years on the calendar — Canoga Park
Charter story set in 1946
80 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
33
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Los Angeles-West Valley #1490. The public directory lists it as Meeting/Time: Last Thursday of Each Month, 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 — Canoga Park, CA. |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Canoga Park. |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1490. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Los Angeles-West Valley #1490. 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 — Canoga Park, CA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Canoga Park
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1490 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 — Canoga Park.
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 Meeting/Time: Last Thursday of Each Month, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Canoga Park, CA.
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 1490 — Canoga Park, CA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is Meeting/Time: Last Thursday of Each Month, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Canoga Park, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Canoga Park, CA. Los Angeles-West Valley #1490. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
Contact this group
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