Marine Corps League
1496 The Big Stick
MCL Detachment — San Pedro, CA. A detachment since 1978 — San Pedro, CA.
Meetings: 2nd Monday of the Month, 6:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment
- San Pedro, CA
- 2nd Monday of the Month, 6:30 PM
In 1978 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment — San Pedro, 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.
Over the years the detachment has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The members keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
Meetings are 2nd Monday of the Month, 6:30 PM, at the hall — San Pedro. 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 — San Pedro, CA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — San Pedro, CA.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — San Pedro, CA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — San Pedro, CA.
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Years on the calendar — San Pedro
Charter story set in 1978
90 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
24
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of 1496 The Big Stick. The public directory lists it as 2nd Monday of the Month, 6:30 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 — San Pedro, CA. |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Sun, Jun 21, 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
1496 The Big Stick. 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 — San Pedro, CA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — San Pedro
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 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 — San Pedro.
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 Monday of the Month, 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — San Pedro, 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 — San Pedro, CA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Monday of the Month, 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — San Pedro, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — San Pedro, CA. 1496 The Big Stick. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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