Marine Corps League
Moutain Top #1274
MCL Detachment #1274 — East Durham, NY. A detachment since 1986 — East Durham, NY.
Meetings: 4th Wednesday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1274
- East Durham, NY
- 4th Wednesday, 7:30 PM
In 1986 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1274 — East Durham, 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 4th Wednesday, 7:30 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 Durham, NY.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — East Durham, NY. 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 1274 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — East Durham, NY.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — East Durham, NY.
Veterans
Veteran support
Moutain Top #1274. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — East Durham, NY.
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Years on the calendar — East Durham
Charter story set in 1986
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
22
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Moutain Top #1274. The public directory lists it as 4th Wednesday, 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 — East Durham, NY. |
| Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1274. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Moutain Top #1274. 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 Durham, NY.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — East Durham
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1274 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 Durham.
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 Wednesday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — East Durham, 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 1274 — East Durham, NY. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 4th Wednesday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — East Durham, NY.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — East Durham, NY. Moutain Top #1274. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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