Marine Corps League
Lewis and Clark Leathernecks #1475
MCL Detachment #1475 — Yankton, SD. Service and a meeting hall — Yankton.
Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1475
- Yankton, SD
- 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM
In 1948 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1475 — Yankton, SD. 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.
The regular meeting is 1st Thursday, 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 — Yankton, SD.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Yankton, SD. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Scholarship evening
Honor detail
Veteran support
78
Years on the calendar — Yankton
100 hours
Given to local projects
41
Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Lewis and Clark Leathernecks #1475. The public directory lists it as 1st Thursday, 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 — Yankton, SD. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — Yankton, SD. |
| Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1475. |
News
News
- Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Lewis and Clark Leathernecks #1475. 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 — Yankton, SD. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Yankton
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1475 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 — Yankton. - 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 Thursday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Yankton, SD.
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 1475 — Yankton, SD. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Yankton, SD.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Yankton, SD. Lewis and Clark Leathernecks #1475. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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