Marine Corps League
Sugar River #1501
MCL Detachment #1501 — Cross Plains, WI. A detachment since 1975 — Cross Plains, WI.
Meetings: Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Mondays, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1501
- Cross Plains, WI
- Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Mondays, 7:00 PM
In 1975 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1501 — Cross Plains, WI. 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 meeting line says Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Mondays, 7:00 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the detachment writes its own — Cross Plains, WI.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Cross Plains, WI. 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 — Cross Plains, WI.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 1501 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Cross Plains, WI.
Veterans
Veteran support
Sugar River #1501. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Cross Plains, WI.
51
Years on the calendar — Cross Plains
Charter story set in 1975
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
28
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Sugar River #1501. The public directory lists it as Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Mondays, 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 — Cross Plains, WI. |
| Tue, Apr 21, 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 — Cross Plains, WI. |
| Thu, Jun 4, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1501. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Sugar River #1501. 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 winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Cross Plains, WI.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Cross Plains
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1501 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 — Cross Plains.
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 Day/Time: 3rd Mondays, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Cross Plains, WI.
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 1501 — Cross Plains, WI. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Mondays, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Cross Plains, WI.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Cross Plains, WI. Sugar River #1501. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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