Marine Corps League
Palmetto Marines #829
MCL Detachment #829 — Columbia, SC. Marine Corps League Detachment 829, meeting — Columbia, SC.
Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #829
- Columbia, SC
- 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM
Palmetto Marines #829. Its detachment has met since 1969 — Columbia, SC. 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.
Meetings are 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM, at the hall — Columbia. 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 — Columbia, SC. 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 829 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Columbia, SC.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 829 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Columbia, SC.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Columbia, SC.
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Years on the calendar — Columbia
Charter story set in 1969
70 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
22
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Palmetto Marines #829. The public directory lists it as 1st 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 — Columbia, SC. |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Columbia. |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 829. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Palmetto Marines #829. 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 — Columbia, SC.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Columbia
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 829 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 — Columbia.
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, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Columbia, SC.
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 829 — Columbia, SC. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Columbia, SC.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Columbia, SC. Palmetto Marines #829. 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.