Marine Corps League
Runestone #1409
MCL Detachment #1409 — ALEXANDRIA, MN. Service and a meeting hall — ALEXANDRIA.
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1409
- ALEXANDRIA, MN
- 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 7:00 PM
Runestone #1409. Its detachment has met since 1978 — ALEXANDRIA, MN. 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.
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 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 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 — ALEXANDRIA, MN.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — ALEXANDRIA, MN. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
Runestone #1409. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — ALEXANDRIA, MN.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — ALEXANDRIA, MN.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 1409 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — ALEXANDRIA, MN.
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Years on the calendar — ALEXANDRIA
Charter story set in 1978
150 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
| Sat, Mar 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Runestone #1409. The public directory lists it as 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 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 — ALEXANDRIA, MN. |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1409. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Runestone #1409. 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 winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — ALEXANDRIA, MN.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — ALEXANDRIA
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1409 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 — ALEXANDRIA.
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 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — ALEXANDRIA, MN.
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 1409 — ALEXANDRIA, MN. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — ALEXANDRIA, MN.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — ALEXANDRIA, MN. Runestone #1409. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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