Visited Fort William Henry today. After Fort Ticonderoga, it pales in comparison. To be fair, it is stuck in the middle of Tourist Heaven.
Above you see the tour guide and his assistant. The tour guide is portraying a member of a Scottish regiment, who has an advanced case of syphilis. Shaded spectacles were worn in colonial times, but only by those suffering from advanced VD.
And his assistant is portraying a grenadier, one of the elite of the Army. Competition was fierce to get into the grenadiers, including a minimum height requirement of 6 feet, and a maximum age requirement. Oh well, it's summer help...
