Marine Corps League
Gen A A Vandegrift #68
MCL Detachment #68 — West Palm Beach, FL. Marine Corps League Detachment 68, meeting — West Palm Beach, FL.
Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #68
- West Palm Beach, FL
- 2nd Thursday, 7:30 PM
In 1987 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 68 — West Palm Beach, FL. 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 Thursday, 7:30 PM, at the hall — West Palm Beach. 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 — West Palm Beach, FL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
Gen A A Vandegrift #68. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — West Palm Beach, FL.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 68 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — West Palm Beach, FL.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — West Palm Beach, FL.
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Years on the calendar — West Palm Beach
Charter story set in 1987
160 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
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Gen A A Vandegrift #68. The public directory lists it as 2nd 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 — West Palm Beach, FL. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — West Palm Beach. |
| 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 68. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Gen A A Vandegrift #68. 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 — West Palm Beach, FL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — West Palm Beach
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 68 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 — West Palm Beach.
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 Thursday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — West Palm Beach, FL.
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 68 — West Palm Beach, FL. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Thursday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — West Palm Beach, FL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — West Palm Beach, FL. Gen A A Vandegrift #68. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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