THE ADVOCATE Newsletter of The Baltimore County Bar Association VOLUME XXV, NO. 9
March 2017
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Robert J. Thompson I have received many positive comments about our Black Tie Banquet and want to take this opportunity to say publicly that all of the credit for the wonderful evening we enjoyed at the end of January goes to our Bar Association staff – Doris Barnes, Rachel Ruocco and Maxine Morrow - and to those of you who attended and made it a memorable evening.
In thinking about the Banquet and how I wanted to see it play out, I wrote the toast myself. I was also thinking quite a bit about the political division we see everywhere around us. I’ve almost given up watching TV news. I am, and we are, grateful for institutions such as our state, nation and Bar Association that will withstand the political rancor and discord of 2017.
Several people have asked me where I found the toast I offered at the Prom and a few have even asked me to share it. I’ll do that, but first I want to provide a little background:
So for those of you who have requested it or complimented the toast, I have reprinted it here.
The truth is that although I am personally religious, an invocation or prayer at the beginning of a secular event like the Banquet has always seemed a bit out of place to me. There’s nothing wrong with having a prayer, but it just didn’t seem like quite the right fit for me. So, I went in a slightly different direction.
To the State of Maryland, her leaders, her citizens and all who love her: May she continue to thrive and prosper and may our children and their children know the blessings of living in this wonderful place. To the United States of America, to her leaders and to her citizens: May our nation always be a beacon of freedom and liberty, of brotherhood Continued on page 2
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