Marine Corps League
Southwest Louisiana #535
MCL Detachment #535 — Lake Charles, LA. Marine Corps League Detachment 535, meeting — Lake Charles, LA.
Meetings: 2nd&4th Thursday: 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #535
- Lake Charles, LA
- 2nd&4th Thursday: 7:00 PM
Southwest Louisiana #535. Its detachment has met since 1946 — Lake Charles, LA. 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.
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.
The regular meeting is 2nd&4th Thursday: 7:00 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 — Lake Charles, LA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Lake Charles, LA. 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 — Lake Charles, LA.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Lake Charles, LA.
Veterans
Veteran support
Southwest Louisiana #535. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Lake Charles, LA.
80
Years on the calendar — Lake Charles
Charter story set in 1946
80 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
15
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Southwest Louisiana #535. The public directory lists it as 2nd&4th Thursday: 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 — Lake Charles, LA. |
| Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 535. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Southwest Louisiana #535. 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 — Lake Charles, LA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Lake Charles
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 535 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 — Lake Charles.
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&4th Thursday: 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Lake Charles, LA.
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 535 — Lake Charles, LA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd&4th Thursday: 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Lake Charles, LA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Lake Charles, LA. Southwest Louisiana #535. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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