That left Pianowski without his prize, prompting a retired major from the Harford County sheriff's department, Steven Bodway, to write Clemens and ask for another illustration. Clemens not only said yes, but he flew to Baltimore to present the gift.
After the brief ceremony, Clemens posed for pictures with the soon-to-be officers and then was to head to Anne Arundel County to speak at its Police Department's graduating academy class and hand out diplomas.
Norman Rockwell didn't "capture" a slice of America in the illustration at the Howard Johnson as much as he created one. Clemens has a fact sheet in which he describes in detail how the photo shoot was set up, how different models were tried, how the "Howard Johnson" name was eliminated to make the shop appear more like a small-town diner, how the counterman was changed to appear older.
