Marine Corps League
Santa Rosa #686
MCL Detachment #686 — Santa Rosa, CA. Service and a meeting hall — Santa Rosa.
Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #686
- Santa Rosa, CA
- 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM
In 1983 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 686 — Santa Rosa, CA. 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.
People point to the detachment for the Memorial Day observance and for the quieter help that never makes a program — Santa Rosa. The members would rather be useful than famous, which is why the hall still smells like coffee on meeting night.
Meetings are 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM, at the hall — Santa Rosa. 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 — Santa Rosa, CA. 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 686 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Santa Rosa, CA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Santa Rosa, CA.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Santa Rosa, CA.
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Years on the calendar — Santa Rosa
Charter story set in 1983
140 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
13
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Santa Rosa #686. The public directory lists it as 2nd 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 — Santa Rosa, CA. |
| Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 686. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Santa Rosa #686. 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 — Santa Rosa, CA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Santa Rosa
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 686 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 — Santa Rosa.
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 Thursday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Santa Rosa, CA.
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 686 — Santa Rosa, CA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Santa Rosa, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Santa Rosa, CA. Santa Rosa #686. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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