Marine Corps League
J J Gardner #199
MCL Detachment #199 — South Plainfield, NJ. Marine Corps League Detachment 199, meeting — South Plainfield, NJ.
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #199
- South Plainfield, NJ
- 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 PM
J J Gardner #199. Its detachment has met since 1951 — South Plainfield, NJ. 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.
The meeting line says 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 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 — South Plainfield, NJ.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — South Plainfield, NJ. 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 — South Plainfield, NJ.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — South Plainfield, NJ.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 199 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — South Plainfield, NJ.
75
Years on the calendar — South Plainfield
Charter story set in 1951
190 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
32
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of J J Gardner #199. The public directory lists it as 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 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 — South Plainfield, NJ. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Fri, Jun 5, 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
J J Gardner #199. 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 — South Plainfield, NJ.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — South Plainfield
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 199 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 — South Plainfield.
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 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — South Plainfield, NJ.
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 199 — South Plainfield, NJ. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — South Plainfield, NJ.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — South Plainfield, NJ. J J Gardner #199. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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