Distance and time did not diminish this tradition as Europeans settled the “New World”. It is said that the community of Georgetown, South Carolina, rolled out a red carpet for President James Monroe as he arrived by riverboat in 1821. Thick crimson red carpets were used in 1902 by the New York Central Railroad as passengers boarded the 20th Century Limited. These instances are possible origins of the phrases “roll out the red carpet” and being given “the red carpet treatment.”