Editing Samuel Nicholas (section)

==Legacy==
Three ships in the [[United States Navy]] have been named the [[USS Nicholas|USS ''Nicholas'']] in his honor.

In June 2013, a dedication ceremony was held for a gray-marble marker on Nichols burial site at the Friends Cemetery at the [[Arch Street Friends Meeting House|Arch Street Friends Meeting]] in Philadelphia, one of very few markers allowed in the graveyard.<ref name=Tombstone>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20130602_Phila__gravestone_now_honors_father_of_Marine_Corps.html
|accessdate=April 3, 2025|date=June 2, 2013|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|title=Phila. gravestone now honors father of Marine Corps}}{{subscription}}</ref>

Annually, on November 10, the date celebrated as the Marine Corps' birthday, a wreath is placed on Nicholas's grave at dawn by a detachment of Marines.<ref name="Inky">{{cite news | first= Peter |last=Mucha|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20081111_Ceremony_honors_Marine_Corps_founder-gallery.html
|title= Ceremony honors Marine Corps founder |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]| date= November 11, 2008}}{{subscription}}</ref><ref name=CarolinaMarines>{{cite web|accessdate=April 3, 2025
|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/major-samuel-nicholas-usmc-2360618|title=American Revolution: Major Samuel Nichols, USMC
|first=Kennedy |last=Hickman|date=March 17, 2017|publisher=ThoughtCo.com}}</ref>