Forty years has passed since that evening and our membership has grown to nearly 1100 as of our 40th anniversary in 2000. Apparently our founders had a good idea. It wasn't difficult to raise the first 100 members. With that as a basis and the passage of time, you know the rest of the story. And by moving around the State for our different meetings we quickly picked up members from all corners of Maryland.
Memory is a fleeting thing.
He vehemently insisted every time that he and the author got together that he had been there. The author, just as vehemently, insisted that he didn't think so. Dale, where ever you are, he apologizes. One further observation. This organization was started by twelve men who didn't retire from the Maryland State Police.