Marine Corps League
Lakes area leathernecks 1483
MCL Detachment — Detroit Lakes, MN. Service and a meeting hall — Detroit Lakes.
Meetings: Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Monday of each month, 7:00 AM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment
- Detroit Lakes, MN
- Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Monday of each month, 7:00 AM
In 1989 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment — Detroit Lakes, MN. 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 Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Monday of each month, 7:00 AM, at the hall — Detroit Lakes. 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 — Detroit Lakes, MN. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Memorial observance
Community table
Honor detail
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Years on the calendar — Detroit Lakes
110 hours
Given to local projects
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Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Lakes area leathernecks 1483. The public directory lists it as Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Monday of each month, 7:00 AM. 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 — Detroit Lakes, MN. |
| Sat, Apr 18, 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 — Detroit Lakes, MN. |
| Fri, Jun 5, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The detachment installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
- Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Lakes area leathernecks 1483. 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 — Detroit Lakes, MN. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Detroit Lakes
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 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 — Detroit Lakes. - 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 Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Monday of each month, 7:00 AM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Detroit Lakes, 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 — Detroit Lakes, MN. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is Meeting Day/Time: 3rd Monday of each month, 7:00 AM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Detroit Lakes, MN.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Detroit Lakes, MN. Lakes area leathernecks 1483. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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