Marine Corps League
Free State Marine #544
MCL Detachment #544 — Bowie, MD. Marine Corps League Detachment 544, meeting — Bowie, MD.
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #544
- Bowie, MD
- 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Free State Marine #544. Its detachment has met since 1975 — Bowie, MD. 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.
People point to the detachment for the Memorial Day observance and for the quieter help that never makes a program — Bowie. The members would rather be useful than famous, which is why the hall still smells like coffee on meeting night.
The meeting line says 2nd 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 — Bowie, MD.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Bowie, MD. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Bowie, MD.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Bowie, MD.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 544 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Bowie, MD.
51
Years on the calendar — Bowie
Charter story set in 1975
120 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
21
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Free State Marine #544. The public directory lists it as 2nd 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 — Bowie, MD. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Bowie. |
| Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 544. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Free State Marine #544. 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 — Bowie, MD.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Bowie
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 544 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 — Bowie.
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 Tuesday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Bowie, MD.
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 544 — Bowie, MD. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Bowie, MD.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Bowie, MD. Free State Marine #544. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
Contact this group
This organization hasn't been claimed yet, so there is no contact information.