Marine Corps League Detachment 1062 Commandant Jim Schafer recently announced Detachment 1062 will commemorate the 251st birthday of the Marine Corps by hosting a Marine Corps Birthday Ball November 6 at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club, 362 Club Drive, Kilmarnock.
The event will begin at 5 p.m. with a cocktail hour, dinner, traditional cake cutting ceremony, followed by music and dancing, said Schaffer. The theme will be “Chesty Puller.”
The guest speaker will be retired USMC Chief Warrant Officer 4 Alex Childress, who purchased the home of Chesty Puller in Saluda.
Reservations and tickets will be available first-come, first-served. For reservations, contact Schafer at 540-429-0371, or schaferjb@aol.com.
Schafer invites all current and former Marines, Navy personnel who served with the Marine Corps and Sea Service supporters in the Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula to attend.
