Granite State Marines

GSD 542 Monthly Membership Meeting
2026-05-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-06-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-07-14 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-08-11 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-09-15 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-10-13 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-11-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-12-15 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | American-Canadian Genealogical Society (ACGS), 1 Sundial Ave Suite 317, Manchester, NH, 030103, United States
Time: Meetings begin promptly and 1800
Info: Membership is not a requirement for attendance and guests are always welcome to attend these events.

Department of NH Quarterly Meeting
2026-05-17 11:30 - 15:00 | Soldiers Memorial Building, 31 North Park Street, Lebanon, NH, United States
The Twin State will be hosting the next department meeting Sunday May 17.
Location:
Soldiers Memorial Building, 31 N Park St, Lebanon, NH 03766
Lunch from. 11:30 am – 12:30 pm; Meeting from 12:45PM – 3:00 PM
This meeting will be the department convention and the main focus will be election of department officers and updates to any Bi Laws
We do have a Bi-law update that was introduced at the Q1 meeting, we will be sending more details on that change out shortly.
With respect to the Department officers, we have a nomination for Sr Vice and Judge Advocate. I have not accepted the nomination of yet, due to the conditions of my accepting a nomination have not been met. I have asked that all elected officer positions be filled with a Marine who is able to be as active as I am. I need to be able to share in the department activities and responsibilities. Also I would like the Sr Vice to be able to succeed me when my time in office would end. We can still make nominations at the Q2 Convention (May 17), therefore we still have time. However please understand if the positions are not filled, I will not accept a nomination. Per the national bylaws (see below), if the Department Commandant position is not filled, and Sr & Jr vice are not able to succeed, the Division Vice Commandant (CC’ed on this email) will begin the search. If the NVC is not able to find a person, then National gets involved, and I am not sure of all the details. I truly do not believe any one would like this to happen. I have talked with all the detachments about this issue. Please remember when I accepted the position I stated I would only run for a single term, and that term is nearing the end. I will be picking a date for a Zoom meeting to openly discuss the Department officer positions, some time in late March or early April. Please discuss this within your detachments, we need all the positions filled with an active person to help expand our department and strengthen the detachments.
National Bylaws Section 825 (2)
Department Commandant. Should the commandant’s position become vacant, the senior vice commandant, if agreeable, will serve as the new commandant for the remainder of the term. If not agreeable, the junior vice commandant, if agreeable, will serve as the new commandant for the remainder of the term. If neither one is agreeable, the division vice commandant will be responsible for finding a replacement department commandant with assistance from the rest of the department staff. If either the senior vice commandant or junior vice commandant serve as the replacement commandant, they will be responsible for finding a replacement for their previous position with assistance and approval of the department board of trustees.

GSD 542 Monthly FUNday Breakfast
2026-05-30 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-06-27 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-07-25 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-08-29 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-09-26 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-10-31 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-11-28 08:00 - 09:00 | Airport Diner, 2280 Brown Ave, Manchester, NH, United States
Join the Granite State Detachment #542 for our monthly breakfast to talk and catch up with each other.

Operation Mercury VI
2026-06-06 09:45 - 14:00 | Camp Carpenter, Manchester, NH, 300 Blondin Rd,, Manchester, NH, 03109, United States

GSD 542 Executive Council Meeting
2026-06-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-05 10:00 - 12:00 | American-Canadian Genealogical Society (ACGS), 1 Sundial Ave Suite 317, Manchester, NH, 030103, United States
The GSD 542 Executive council meets quarterly to plan the next coming quarter and assess what has happened since the last meeting.

MCL New England Division Conference
2026-06-11 - 2026-06-14 | Sheraton Springfield, 1 Monarch Place, Springfield, MA, 01144, United States
Hotel is $159/night. Book hotel by 5/14/26

Military Honors for FN John W. Mulligan, US Navy
2026-06-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Graveside, NH State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen
All are invited to attend
Mr. Mulligan served honorably from 1964-1966. He was born October 25, 1943 and passed away on April 26, 2026. He has no known next of kin.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Edgar R. Norcross MIA WWII Funeral
2026-07-07 08:00 - 17:00 | New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Hwy, Boscawen, NH, 03303
There will be a ceremony to lay to rest U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Edgar R. Norcross who was killing in action in 1945 during WWII, at the Boscawen, NH Veterans Cemetery. See the link below for the press release about Norcross and the funeral.
DPAA ID Announcement – Norcross

Easterseals Phase 2 Ribbon Cutting / Maurice Labbe Memorial Paver
2026-08-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Easterseals NH MIlitary & Veterans Campus, 24 Holy Cross Road, Franklin, NH, United States
Easterseals will be having a ribbon cutting ceremony to launch phase 2 in Franklin, NH campus. There will also be a memorial paver stone in place for Maurice Labbe that the GSD 542 has donated in his honor. All are welcome to attend.
Time to be determined

VA Manchester Free Farmers Market
2026-08-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-10 11:00 - 17:00 | Manchester VA Medical Center, 718 Smyth Road, Manchester, NH, 03103, United States

VetFest 2
2026-08-08 | Deerfield Fairgrounds, 34 STAGE ROAD, DEERFIELD, NH, 03037, United States
The Department of NH will be participating in this awesome event. On August 8, we will be at the Deerfield Fairgrounds in support of VetFest 2. We will have our popup, table(s) and some items for sale. Most importantly, we will have the opportunity to interact with literally thousands of people.
Attending the event is free. Vendors and organizations such as ours that will be setting up table and popups have already paid the registration fee.
This is the link to a Facebook page for Veterans Resource Alliance of New Hampshire. These are the folks responsible for VetFest. Please go to their page and explore it. Just click here.
This is the link to the address the venue for those who need it. It is at the Deerfield Fairgrounds and that address is here.
Come on out for a fun time at VetFest 2!

National Marine Corps League Convention
2026-08-10 - 2026-08-14 | Indianapolis, IN

25th Annual Cruisin' Downtown Manchester
2026-09-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Elm Street, Manchester, NH, Elm Street, Manchester, NH
Join the Granite State Detachment at the 25th Annual Cruisin’ Downtown Manchester. We will have a booth/tent space on the Bridge Street bridge. If you are interested in volunteering, please go to our sign up page here. Hope to see you all there!

DoNH Quarterly Meeting
2026-09-27 12:30 - 15:00 | American-Canadian Genealogical Society (ACGS), 1 Sundial Ave Suite 317, Manchester, NH, 030103, United States
The Department Quarterly Meeting will be held at GSD’s location this quarter. We encourage all members to come and join in the meeting.
To Sign up to join the meeting (head count for food) click this link and fill in the form. https://nhmarines.org/sign-up-for-department-meeting/
