Marine Corps League
North Iowa #859
MCL Detachment #859 — Mason City, IA. Marine Corps League Detachment 859, meeting — Mason City, IA.
Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #859
- Mason City, IA
- 1st Wednesday, 7:00 PM
North Iowa #859, the Marine Corps League Detachment 859 — Mason City, IA. The detachment dates to 1967, when veterans home from the Second World War and Korea wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
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 meeting line says 1st Wednesday, 7:00 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the detachment writes its own — Mason City, IA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Mason City, IA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Mason City, IA.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Mason City, IA.
Veterans
Veteran support
North Iowa #859. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Mason City, IA.
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Years on the calendar — Mason City
Charter story set in 1967
200 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
29
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of North Iowa #859. The public directory lists it as 1st Wednesday, 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 — Mason City, IA. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 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 — Mason City, IA. |
| Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 859. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
North Iowa #859. 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 winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Mason City, IA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Mason City
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 859 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 — Mason City.
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 Wednesday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Mason City, IA.
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 859 — Mason City, IA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Wednesday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Mason City, IA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Mason City, IA. North Iowa #859. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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