Marine Corps League
Andres F Lawhon #1220
MCL Detachment #1220 — Tupelo, MS. A detachment since 1990 — Tupelo, MS.
Meetings: 4th Thursday, 6:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1220
- Tupelo, MS
- 4th Thursday, 6:00 PM
Andres F Lawhon #1220. Its detachment has met since 1990 — Tupelo, MS. The charter came in the years after Vietnam and the years that followed, 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.
Meetings are 4th Thursday, 6:00 PM, at the hall — Tupelo. 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 — Tupelo, MS. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Tupelo, MS.
Veterans
Veteran support
Andres F Lawhon #1220. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Tupelo, MS.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Tupelo, MS.
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Years on the calendar — Tupelo
Charter story set in 1990
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
| Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Andres F Lawhon #1220. The public directory lists it as 4th Thursday, 6:00 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 — Tupelo, MS. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Sat, Jun 6, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1220. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Andres F Lawhon #1220. 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 spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Tupelo, MS.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Tupelo
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1220 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 — Tupelo.
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 4th Thursday, 6:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Tupelo, MS.
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 1220 — Tupelo, MS. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 4th Thursday, 6:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Tupelo, MS.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Tupelo, MS. Andres F Lawhon #1220. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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