Marine Corps League
Decatur #799
MCL Detachment #799 — Decatur, IL. A detachment since 1994 — Decatur, IL.
Meetings: 1st Monday, 6:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #799
- Decatur, IL
- 1st Monday, 6:00 PM
Decatur #799. Its detachment has met since 1994 — Decatur, IL. The charter came in the years after Vietnam and the years that followed, 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.
Over the years the detachment has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The members keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
Meetings are 1st Monday, 6:00 PM, at the hall — Decatur. 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 — Decatur, IL. 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 799 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Decatur, IL.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Decatur, IL.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Decatur, IL.
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Years on the calendar — Decatur
Charter story set in 1994
120 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
33
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Decatur #799. The public directory lists it as 1st Monday, 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 — Decatur, IL. |
| 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 — Decatur, IL. |
| Sat, Jun 13, 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
Decatur #799. 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 spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Decatur, IL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Decatur
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 799 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 — Decatur.
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 Monday, 6:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Decatur, IL.
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 799 — Decatur, IL. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Monday, 6:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Decatur, IL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Decatur, IL. Decatur #799. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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