MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
Hiram I. Bearss Detachment #089
Indianapolis, IN
We are a veterans / military service organization that was Chartered by an Act of Congress
for the purposes of promoting the interests of the U. S. Marine Corps; to provide camaraderie and
assistance to Marines, as well as to their widows and orphans; and to preserve the traditions of
the U. S. Marine Corps.
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ARE
the 2nd THURSDAY of each month at 19:00
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
HIRAM I. BEARSS DETACHMENT # 089
9450 East 59th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46216-1057
(North West Corner of 59th Street and Lee Road)
Go here for a map to our LOCATION
Staff meetings are 4th Thursday (open to Members) at 19:00
Contact Us for more information.
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This Detachment is named after the first U.S. Marine MEDAL OF HONOR recipient from Indiana,
BGen. Hiram I. Bearss, USMC.
The Marine Corps League has been serving Indianapolis since the 1920's when Major General John A. LeJeune, Commandant USMC
first formed the MARINE CORPS LEAGUE in 1923, and subsequently incorporated in 1937. This first Indianapolis Detachment was
known as the LEO LITZE DETACHMENT, named after a WWI Marine Hero, and held meetings above the OHIO THEATER. The LEO LITZE
DETACHMENT served Indianapolis Marines for many years as a source of camaraderie and support for the widows and orphans of
Marines. This service for and with Marines continued when the detachment was chartered again on 10 JUNE 1953 as the CAPITAL
CITY DETACHMENT and served Marines in the Indianapolis area for almost twenty years, when it closed in the early seventies.
But the Esprit De Corps continued to be strong and the detachment was chartered anew in APRIL 1973 as the
HIRAM I. BEARSS DETACHMENT and has been serving central Indiana Marines ever since.
Get Active with your Marine family in Central Indiana, or at least STAY IN TOUCH WITH OTHER MARINES.
Participate in events and fundraisers.
Celebrate with your fellow Marines at the MARINE CORPS BALL.
Sign up for the SCUTTLEBUTT newsletter and read what we are doing for our deployed Marines.
Come to a Young Marines graduation
and see how our youth are getting squared away.
Send us a sea story (doesn't matter how salty) and see if it gets into the SCUTTLEBUTT.
Ride in our Parade Trailer (it's shaped like a WWII landing craft) at our next parade
(check the calendar).
Bring your family, yes -- kids too, to one of our family events.
We're always happy to see a fellow Marine.
SEMPER FI
