These aiguillettes should not be confused with lanyards, which are cords also worn from the shoulder (or around the neck), but do not have the pointed aiguillette tips and are usually of fibre rather than gold or silver wire, and often not braided.
The 'City of Brotherly Love' is known as Philadelphia in  Pennsylvania. In 1682. William Penn established this city as the  capital of Pennsylvania. The city's name is derivâ¦ed from the two  Greek words 'philos' meaning loving and 'adelphos' that means  brother.
To this day, the Umbrian city of Terni celebrates the Feast of St. Valentine outside the Basilica di San Valentino. Ja teb'a l'ubl'u. (Russian) Kocham CiÄ. (Polish) Bi chamd khairtai. (Mongolian) As for the inclusion of romantic love in Valentineâs Day, we can thank 14th-century English writer Geoffrey Chaucer, a man regarded as the Father of English literature and the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. His âParlement of Foulesâ, a romantic poem, is the first reference of Valentineâs Day as a special day for lovers. This came almost 10 centuries after the lives and exploits of both our aforementioned Valentines. Aloha Au Ia Ê»Oe. (Hawaiian)