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This statue of Benjamin Franklin, also known as the Cogswell Historical Monument, was originally dedicated in 1879 at Market Square before being relocated to its current spot in Washington Square in 1904.
Washington Square, bordered by Columbus Avenue, Union Street, Stockton Street, Filbert Street and Powell Street, was designed by William Eddy in 1850 and was one of San Francisco's three original parks.
Original Caption: Benjamin Franklin, a head and shoulders portrait by an anonymous artist. The painting can now be seen in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Undated illustration.
This was the home of John Potts, his wife and 13 children. Potts, founder of Pottstown, was a wealthy ironmaster. His son, Thomas, inherited the house in 1768. He went on to become a prominent figure in the American Revolution, serving with the State Constitutional Convention in 1776 and as a colonel in the War. He was also a member of Benjamin Franklin's American Philosophical Society.
Another son, Jonathan, served as Deputy Director General of hospitals for the northern department of the Continental Army, and Isaac Potts' home at Valley Forge became Washington's Headquarters for the winter of 1777-78.
The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial is located in the rotunda of The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dedicated by Congress in 1976, Memorial Hall features a 20 foot high marble statue of Ben. Sculpted by James Earle Fraser, the statue weighs 30 tons and sits on a 92-ton pedestal of white Seravezza marble.http://www2.fi.edu/exhibits/permanent/franklin_national_memorial.php
After the fog finally had blown away after hours of waiting, i took this nearly clear shot from the Ben Franklin bridge.
The Memorial Fountain and Statue located in Memorial Square in downtown Chambersburg honors the town's role in the Civil War. A memorial stone at the foot of the soldier statue describes the destruction of the town in 1864. Located around Memorial Fountain is Memorial Square, with the Courthouse, Heritage Center, and Rose Rent Churches. Erected in 1878 to honor the men who fought in the Civil War, the fountain has stood for generations as an enduring symbol of rebirth. Chambersburg, the only town north of the Mason-Dixon Line to be burned during the Civil War, has their faithful Union soldier guarding the southern gate at the fountain. This historic spot is also where Generals Robert E Lee and A.P. Hill made the momentous decision to travel east to Gettysburg to engage the Union Army in 1863.
I wonder how much help Louis would have given us if he knew it would cost him his crown and his head?
This group in bisque was modeled by Charles-Gabriel Sauvage, called Lemire pere (1741–1827). There is another like this in the Frick Collection.
The revonated old Benjamin Franklin building turned Draper University in downtown San Mateo has adopted a colorful court theme.
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It's been over two years since I photographed this bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin. My friend and I were taking a shortcut to a restaurant, and I saw the statue from this angle: a strong backlight from the afternoon sun hitting it in the right way. Looking very dramatic, both on the statue and the background, I couldn't resist getting this photo.
At the Chicago Cultural Center.
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Downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Sunday, May 21, 2023.
The official pictures from the RSA's 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal ceremony - presented to Walter Isaacson in New York City.
The award dinner was made possible in part by the generosity of members of the Benjamin Franklin Medal Committee.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the RSA-US Challenge Fund and RSA-US Student Design Awards Program, two foundation blocks of the core initiatives of the RSA in the United States. Both of these programs are going into their second year, and both have an impressive track record of inspiring and empowering young social innovators – perhaps among them a future Benjamin Franklin Medalist.
The Benjamin Franklin Medal has a rich history dating back to its inaugural year of 1956, the 250th anniversary of Franklin’s birth and the 200th anniversary of his membership to the RSA. It is awarded to individuals, groups and organizations who have made profound efforts to forward social progress in areas closely linked to the RSA’s agenda. Winners over the years have included General Colin Powell, Senator George Mitchell, Dame Judi Dench, Peter Ustinov, Margot Fonteyn, and David Attenborough. Long time Fellows will remember the Medal presentation to William Hewlett under the stars at Menlo College; or the moving speech given by UK Ambassador to the UN Sir Jeremy Greenstock at the event honoring Phil Lader just a few weeks after 9/11.
Each celebration is unique, and every medalist inspires us in a different way.
Learn more about the RSA's Fellowship in the US and how you can get involved here: www.blog.rsa-us.org/
Benjamin Franklin (based on Jean-Antoine Houdon, original in the Louvre)
manufacture nationale de Sèvres, France, 1921
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
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Jack is handling Legend in the show ring. We traveled from May through August giving them both practice to learn the ropes. Legend won some 1st, 2nd and 3rd placements in his age group. Unfortunately until Legend's shoulders catch up with his booty, he won't be able to win best in his breed.
The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial is located in the rotunda of The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dedicated by Congress in 1976, Memorial Hall features a 20 foot high marble statue of Ben. Sculpted by James Earle Fraser, the statue weighs 30 tons and sits on a 92-ton pedestal of white Seravezza marble.http://www2.fi.edu/exhibits/permanent/franklin_national_memorial.php
The Old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. will be converted into the Trump International Hotel which is destined for completion in 2016. I hope this crass commercialization of historic landmarks doesn't spread any time soon.
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Recruiting, Printing House Sq.
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph shows the New York Tribune Building on the right, Printing House Square, New York City.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.24084
Call Number: LC-B2- 4168-15a
E.A. Hackman in A.D.L. Scott 1995: Crimson tide.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.¹
Nisi impvnitatis cvpido retinvisset magnis semper conatibvs adversa.² Atqve aliqvis "iam nvnc doctas eat," inqvit, "Athenas; armiferam Thracen qvi regat, alter erit: exitvs acta probat". Careat svccessibvs, opto, qvisqvis ab eventv facta notanda pvtat.³
No need to give up a good theory just because it isn't true.⁴
NOTES
1. B. Franklin 1755: Reply to the Governor, p.21.
2. P.C. Tacitvs 117: Annales XV, § L.
3. P.O. Naso 14 BC: Epistvla II, LXXXIII-LXXXVI.
4. R.J. Downey Jr. in J.R. Spottiswoode 1990: Air America.
REFERENCES
R. Minutolo 2023: Con la violenza si risolve tutto.
S.M. Hersch 1991: Samson option.
C.M. Cipolla 1988: Allegro ma non troppo.
F.H. Pierpont 1934: Rockwell typeface.
J.P. Sousa 1888: Semper fidelis.
C.P.G. Clauswitz 1832: Vom kriege.
N. Machiavelli 1513: Il Principe.
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Location: Philadelphia PA to Camden NJ
Carry: 7 lanes of I-676 and US 30, 2 PATCO rail lines, 2 sidewalks and 2 underground walkway tunnels
Type: Steel Suspension Bridge
Opened: 1926
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Interred at Christ Church Burial Ground are hundreds of Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary notables. The most famous of whom is Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin, the human multitude, was among other things, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, printer, author, scientist, postmaster, inventor, and diplomat. At Franklin's death some 20,000 Philadelphians followed his cortege to his grave. His passing in 1790 symbolically severed the most important link to Colonial Philadelphia and the Revolutionary Era. The City of Brotherly Love would have to face a new century without its Renaissance man. William Smith, a long-time Franklin foe and Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, gave Franklin's eulogy in Christ Church, and the Comte de Mirabeau did the same before the French National Assembly in Paris.
Buried with Franklin is his wife Deborah. Much has been written about their relationship. To get some notion of how he perceived her, he once sent her an English beer jug with this message: "I fell in love with it at first sight for I thought it look'd like a fat jolly Dame, clean and tidy, with a neat blue and white calico gown on, good natur'd and lovely, and put me in mind of — Somebody." That Somebody was her!
Nearby is a tiny marker for Francis Franklin who died of small pox at age four. After "Frankie's" death, his grieving father urged Philadelphians to inoculate their children against this dread disease.
Next to Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, are their daughter and son-in-law, Sarah ("Sally") Franklin and Richard Bache. The Baches lived with Benjamin Franklin in a house that stood where Franklin Court is today. Bache published the virulently anti-Washington newspaper The Aurora. Franklin's other son, William, is not buried here. During the Revolution he was a Loyalist. Benjamin Franklin wrote that nothing in his life had ever hurt him so much as the defection of his son.
Unknown artist, 1879, Washington Square Park, North Beach, San Francisco, California, USA, sculpture
This one of four art deco reliefs illustrating the progress of printing from ancient China to America ca. 1928, the year the building was built. The reliefs are installed along the top of the Bulletin Building in Washington DC, just above the third story windows. This relief depicts a Chinese man with a scroll. The scroll is adorned with Chinese characters and a device for printing scrolls.
This building is located at located 717 6th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, and is currently home to Muse Lounge