MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
TREASURE VALLEY DETACHMENT # 878
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE 2011 NATIONAL CONVENTION
Dates: July 31- Aug. 6, 2011.
Location: Doubletree Riverside, Boise, Idaho
Between 1,000 and 1,500 Marines, auxiliary members and family members are expected to attend the 2011 National Convention. Idaho has Marine Corps League detachments in Boise, Hayden, Lewiston/Orofino, Kellogg, Mountain Home, Pocatello, Sandpoint and Twin Falls. The Department of Idaho Marine Corps League is headed by Commandant Louis Roane of Orofino. The Treasure Valley Detachment in Boise is headed by Commandant Arnold Strawn, Commandant, 208-454-8295.
A: Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of the United States Marine Corps, banding together those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy, voluntarily aiding and rendering assistance to all Marines and former Marines and to their widows and orphans; and to perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines.
A: The Marine Corps League perpetuates the traditions and spirit of ALL Marines and Navy FMF Corpsmen, who proudly wear or who have worn the eagle, globe and anchor of the Corps. It takes great pride in crediting its founding in 1923 to World War I hero, then Major General Commandant John A. Lejeune. It takes equal pride in its Federal Charter, approved by An Act of the Seventy-Fifth Congress of the United States of America and signed and approved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4, 1937. The League is the only Federally Chartered Marine Corps related veterans organization in the country. Since its earliest days, the Marine Corps League has enjoyed the support and encouragement of the active duty and reserve establishments of the U. S. Marine Corps. Today, the League boasts a membership of nearly 61,000 men and women, officer and enlisted, active duty, reserve Marines, honorably discharged Marine veterans and qualified Navy FMF Corpsmen and is one of the few veterans organizations that experiences increases in its membership each year.
A: Visit the Marine Corps League's website at:
http://tvdmcl.org
A: The Marine Corps League has been an influential supporter of the Young Marines program. Believing in what the program stands for, the League assists not only with youth scholarships, but also in the leadership and mentoring of the local unit. With the League's continual support, it gives the Young Marines program another successful step on its ladder to ensure that the youth become better citizens and leaders our local community, as well as the for the future of our country.
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