November 17, 2012 - November 23, 2012, The Afro-American B1

Baltimore Guardsmen Zed Smith, Marcellous Frye and Aaron Burnett

New Jersey’s Carolyn and Doug Anderson

Guardsmen Beauties

Washington D.C.’s George Murray and Harriette Ecton

Baltimore’s Aileen and DwightTaylor

Baltimore’s Marcellous andMyra Frye

Los Angeles’ Stella and Cliff Albright

Hotel de Paris

Former Va. Gov. Doug Wilder with Aileen Taylor

Baltimore’s Rhonda and Zed Smith

Detroit’s Clint and Rita Canady

The Baltimore Guardsmen in Monte Carlo

Streets along theMonte Carlo coast

Washington’s Terri Trotter and Sherri Blount Gray

Washington’s Lloyd Trotter, Sherri Gray and Jim Cole

Photos courtesy of Ed Gray and Dwight Taylor

Although it was not their first weekend meeting outside the U.S, the most recent Guardsmen gathering was definitely an offshore affair. Monte Carlo, an elegant Mediterranean principality, was the scene Oct. 12-14 as 450 Guardsmen and their partners from throughout the 18 national chapters of the men’s social group that was founded nearly 80 years ago gathered at the Fairmount Hotel to romp for four days in a setting most often associated with the global jet-set. Baltimore’s chapter was represented by seven Guardsmen and their wives, or significant others, in what was labeled “Manhattan Royale,” a nod to the 007 spy thriller Casino Royale by the hosting chapter from

Brooklyn, N.Y. The fellowship group was created in 1933 by men from Howard and Lincoln universities and Morgan State College and, three times a year, one of the 18 chapters hosts a social weekend. There are chapters in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York City (Manhattan and Brooklyn), Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Connecticut, Detroit, Florida, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Norfolk, Va., North Carolina, Richmond, Va., Savannah, Ga. and St. Louis, Mo.