Marine Corps League
Schuykill-Carbon #626
MCL Detachment #626 — Legion Lehighton, PA. A detachment since 1968 — Legion Lehighton, PA.
Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #626
- Legion Lehighton, PA
- 1st Thursday, 7:30 PM
Schuykill-Carbon #626. Its detachment has met since 1968 — Legion Lehighton, PA. 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 1st Thursday, 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 — Legion Lehighton, PA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Legion Lehighton, 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 626 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Legion Lehighton, PA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 626 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Legion Lehighton, PA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Legion Lehighton, PA.
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Years on the calendar — Legion Lehighton
Charter story set in 1968
90 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
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Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Schuykill-Carbon #626. The public directory lists it as 1st Thursday, 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 — Legion Lehighton, PA. |
| Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the members bring the food. |
| Thu, Jun 4, 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
Schuykill-Carbon #626. 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 — Legion Lehighton, PA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Legion Lehighton
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 626 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 — Legion Lehighton.
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 1st Thursday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Legion Lehighton, 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 626 — Legion Lehighton, PA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Thursday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Legion Lehighton, PA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Legion Lehighton, PA. Schuykill-Carbon #626. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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