Marine Corps League
Southtowns #1136
MCL Detachment #1136 — East Aurora, NY. Service and a meeting hall — East Aurora.
Meetings: Last Thursday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1136
- East Aurora, NY
- Last Thursday, 7:00 PM
In 1963 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1136 — East Aurora, NY. 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.
The regular meeting is Last Thursday, 7:00 PM. 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 — East Aurora, NY.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — East Aurora, NY. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — East Aurora, NY.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — East Aurora, NY.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 1136 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — East Aurora, NY.
63
Years on the calendar — East Aurora
Charter story set in 1963
160 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
13
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Southtowns #1136. The public directory lists it as Last 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 — East Aurora, NY. |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — East Aurora. |
| 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 1136. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Southtowns #1136. 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 Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — East Aurora, NY.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — East Aurora
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1136 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 — East Aurora.
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 Last Thursday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — East Aurora, NY.
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 1136 — East Aurora, NY. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is Last Thursday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — East Aurora, NY.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — East Aurora, NY. Southtowns #1136. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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