On that fateful Wednesday night, September 7, 1921, at 8 O'clock, fifteen ladies met Bro. Frank Duff and Father Toher in the usual meeting-room
in Myra House. What was their surprise to see that she whose name they were to bear was there before them! They came to the meeting ready to
serve as soldiers under the banner and patronage of Mary, and, as in the case of all proper armies, the commander was there, ready to receive
their enrollments. When they came to the room, the table around which they were to meet and which was usually bare was decked out just as for
a present-day Praesidium meeting. There was the white cloth and the statue of the Immaculate Conception, two vases with flowers, two candlesticks
with lighted candles. The Queen was waiting for her soldiers. It was the happy thought of one of the earlier-comers, though no instructions had
been given. 

1921 to 1926 - Five years and the Legion's thirteen branches are still confined within the city walls of Dublin. It was only in the following year,
1927, that the young army began its march. In that year Waterford city gave it welcome. From then on advance was more rapid. Glasgow was reached
in April, 1928, and London in 1929. A start was made in Madras, India, in 1931. The same year sees a beginning at Ratton, a large mining camp
in New Mexico, and the first American legionaries are men. Autumn, 1932, and the Legion crosses the Canadian border, when a group of Cowichan
Indian men makes the first foundation at Duncan, b.c. The Legion's chivalry appeals to the heart of the Indian brave. In 1932, also,
the Legion came to Australia. In 1933 the first foundation was made in the Transvaal, whilst a start was made also at the Cape. September of the
same eventful year, and the Legion is established in the West Indian Islands.

Thus by 1932 the Legion had spread to the five continents. Since then there had been ceaseless extension, until today the Legion prayers are said
in over 40 languages and dialects. There are upwards of a million active members, making the Legion the largest of all modern group movements
within the Church; and statistics at headquarters reveal that the average growth is more than three branches per day.