Jan 17

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Among many things, founding father Benjamin Franklin was a writer, scientist, politician, musician and inventor. See his many contributions to our country with this biographical timeline.  (photo: Library of Congress) Declaration Of Independence, Inventors, Noble People, Documentary Now, Ken Burns, Historical People, People Of Interest, Benjamin Franklin, Interesting History

Ken Burns’s two-part, four-hour documentary, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th Century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. Franklin’s 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch of momentous change in science, technology, literature, politics, and government—fields he …

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