The badge we wear is something we at Maryland
3 are very proud of.
A year or so ago we received a check from an
unknown Red Knight's supporter who lives in the Ocean City area and had been so impressed with the work that the club
had done in providing funding, support and charitable efforts within the community, that they decided to make an anonymous
donation to MD3 in the amount of $1000.
The check was presented to us by "Salty" of
the "On the Road with Harley-Davidson television show during one of the show's tapings during the All Star Chopper Show.
We were all at Ponzettis Pizza in Ocean City and were there with some very special guests which included Arlen Ness, Russell
Mitchell and John L. Meiklejohn.
The only stipulation was that we had to use
the money for ourselves, not as part of a fund raiser or some type of charitable event, but just for us as a club. Just for
us to use for something fun.
As hard as it was for us to agree to take the
money, it was even harder to figure out what we would do with it. We were told that we could have a party or maybe by
t-shirts with the money, but this all sounded to short lived and a bit of a waste of good money and a less than responsible
way to spend it.
After some very careful and thoughout planning
and research on the matter, Our Vice-President Doug Jones came up with an idea about getting badges made. This would be something
we could all purchase, wear and be proud of, instead of just blowing the cash on a party or on a bunch of shirts.
That's how it all came to be and we at MD3
are very proud to wear these badges as a show of pride, respect and brotherhood.
Pictured below is one of our badges that was
left at the display of thanks which is inside the gates and just outside the "hole" at Ground Zero in New York.
This badge will remain there with all
of the other tokens of thanks to those who worked so hard to recover our lost Brothers at the World trade Centers after the
tragic events of 9-11-01. We will never forget!
