Marine Corps League
Elkhart Area Marines #1397
MCL Detachment #1397 — Goshen, IN. Marine Corps League Detachment 1397, meeting — Goshen, IN.
Meetings: 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1397
- Goshen, IN
- 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM
Elkhart Area Marines #1397. Its detachment has met since 1970 — Goshen, IN. 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.
The meeting line says 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the detachment writes its own — Goshen, IN.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Goshen, IN. 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 — Goshen, IN.
Veterans
Veteran support
Elkhart Area Marines #1397. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Goshen, IN.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Goshen, IN.
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Years on the calendar — Goshen
Charter story set in 1970
70 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 Elkhart Area Marines #1397. The public directory lists it as 2nd Monday, 6:30 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 — Goshen, IN. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the members bring the food. |
| Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1397. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Elkhart Area Marines #1397. 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 — Goshen, IN.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Goshen
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1397 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 — Goshen.
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 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Goshen, IN.
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 1397 — Goshen, IN. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Monday, 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Goshen, IN.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Goshen, IN. Elkhart Area Marines #1397. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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