Marine Corps League
Pride and Purpose #1435
MCL Detachment #1435 — Fort Wayne, IN. Service and a meeting hall — Fort Wayne.
Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1435
- Fort Wayne, IN
- 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM
In 1952 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1435 — Fort Wayne, IN. 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.
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 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM, at the hall — Fort Wayne. 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 — Fort Wayne, IN. 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 1435 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Fort Wayne, IN.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 1435 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Fort Wayne, IN.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Fort Wayne, IN.
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Years on the calendar — Fort Wayne
Charter story set in 1952
200 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
45
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Pride and Purpose #1435. The public directory lists it as 3rd Monday, 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 — Fort Wayne, IN. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 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 1435. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Pride and Purpose #1435. 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 — Fort Wayne, IN.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Fort Wayne
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1435 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 — Fort Wayne.
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 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Fort Wayne, 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 1435 — Fort Wayne, IN. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Fort Wayne, IN.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Fort Wayne, IN. Pride and Purpose #1435. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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