Marine Corps League
San Jose #1122
MCL Detachment #1122 — Santa Clara, CA. A detachment since 1950 — Santa Clara, CA.
Meetings: 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1122
- Santa Clara, CA
- 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM
San Jose #1122. Its detachment has met since 1950 — Santa Clara, CA. 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 regular meeting is 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM. 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 — Santa Clara, CA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Santa Clara, CA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Holiday drive
Community table
Memorial observance
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Years on the calendar — Santa Clara
100 hours
Given to local projects
15
Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
- Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:00 PM
Regular meeting
Business meeting of San Jose #1122. The public directory lists it as 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM. 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 — Santa Clara, CA. - Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 PM
Hall work day
The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. - Sat, Jun 20, 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
San Jose #1122. 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 — Santa Clara, CA. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Santa Clara
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1122 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 — Santa Clara. - 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 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Santa Clara, CA.
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 1122 — Santa Clara, CA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Santa Clara, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Santa Clara, CA. San Jose #1122. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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