Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Nicholas in Philly


     CENTER CITY, Philadelphia - "Major" Samuel Nicholas...When I first saw him, he was working at a 21st-century modern building in the Independencen Visitor Center in Philadelphia, a two-hour drive away from New York where I live. But he said he "lives" in the 18th century.
     He was unmarried. But he said he "has a lovely wife and five kids" at home. He was impersonating an American marine officer in the 1750s and1760s to help visitors or tourists feel the US history real.
     His uniform was real - a cocked hat, a regimental(tail) coat, the knicker pants, the stocks and the Continental Army officer's sword.





     He had a lot of antique items -  including a bugle, a stylus pen, a top and sheets of ivory for taking notes - originating in the 18th century American colonial period. He said he loves his job that he has been in for 15 years.
     "Fifteen years. I must have loved it," he said.
     I think he is one of the tens of thousands of professionals that make the multi-billion-dollar tourism industry keep thriving in Philadelphia.
     He is one of them who make travellers "love" the city whose name comes from the two Greek words - PHILOS ("love") and ADELPHOS ("brotherly").
     It's the city of brotherly love !!.


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