Marine Corps League
Coal Cracker #432
MCL Detachment #432 — St. Clair, PA. A detachment since 1976 — St. Clair, PA.
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #432
- St. Clair, PA
- 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 PM
Coal Cracker #432, the Marine Corps League Detachment 432 — St. Clair, PA. The detachment dates to 1976, when veterans home from Vietnam and the years that followed wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
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 regular meeting is 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the members stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — St. Clair, PA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — St. Clair, PA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 432 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — St. Clair, PA.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — St. Clair, PA.
Veterans
Veteran support
Coal Cracker #432. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — St. Clair, PA.
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Years on the calendar — St. Clair
Charter story set in 1976
160 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
33
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Coal Cracker #432. The public directory lists it as 2nd Wednesday, 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 — St. Clair, PA. |
| Fri, Apr 17, 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 — St. Clair, PA. |
| Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 432. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Coal Cracker #432. 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 — St. Clair, PA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — St. Clair
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 432 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 — St. Clair.
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 Wednesday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — St. Clair, PA.
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 432 — St. Clair, PA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — St. Clair, PA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — St. Clair, PA. Coal Cracker #432. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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