Marine Corps League
Mississippi Gulf Coast #715
MCL Detachment #715 — Bay St Louis, MS. Service and a meeting hall — Bay St Louis.
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 6:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #715
- Bay St Louis, MS
- 2nd Wednesday, 6:00 PM
Mississippi Gulf Coast #715. Its detachment has met since 1951 — Bay St Louis, MS. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, 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.
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 2nd Wednesday, 6:00 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 — Bay St Louis, MS.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Bay St Louis, MS. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
Mississippi Gulf Coast #715. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Bay St Louis, MS.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Bay St Louis, MS.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Bay St Louis, MS.
75
Years on the calendar — Bay St Louis
Charter story set in 1951
50 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
34
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Mississippi Gulf Coast #715. The public directory lists it as 2nd Wednesday, 6:00 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 — Bay St Louis, MS. |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Bay St Louis. |
| Sun, Jun 7, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 715. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Mississippi Gulf Coast #715. 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 — Bay St Louis, MS.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Bay St Louis
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 715 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 — Bay St Louis.
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 Wednesday, 6:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Bay St Louis, MS.
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 715 — Bay St Louis, MS. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Wednesday, 6:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Bay St Louis, MS.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Bay St Louis, MS. Mississippi Gulf Coast #715. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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