Marine Corps League
Greater Michigan #156
MCL Detachment #156 — ERIE STREET, MI. Service and a meeting hall — ERIE STREET.
- MCL Detachment #156
- ERIE STREET, MI
In 1965 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 156 — ERIE STREET, MI. 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.
Meetings are the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, at the hall — ERIE STREET. 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 — ERIE STREET, MI. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 156 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — ERIE STREET, MI.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 156 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — ERIE STREET, MI.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — ERIE STREET, MI.
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Years on the calendar — ERIE STREET
Charter story set in 1965
60 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
15
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Greater Michigan #156, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Confirm with the group 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 — ERIE STREET, MI. |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Mon, Jun 8, 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
Greater Michigan #156. 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 — ERIE STREET, MI.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — ERIE STREET
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 156 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 — ERIE STREET.
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 the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — ERIE STREET, 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 156 — ERIE STREET, MI. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — ERIE STREET, MI.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — ERIE STREET, MI. Greater Michigan #156. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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