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Sculptures of Important leaders waiting in the Mary Hill Museum surplus room. Goldendale. Eastern Washington
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Benjamin Franklin
Norwegian Air International (Benjamin Franklin Livery) 737 MAX8 Reg: EI-FYD as "Nortrans 1765" departing a bitter cold Shannon.
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The Hunter's moon sets over the city of Philadelphia.
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1778, Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, painting
They seem to need the protection of the police. Is God's protection not enough?
Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Winter Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A flowering 'Forest Pansy' - for that is what the Redbud, the Cercis canadensis, is sometimes called - in the city. And a gnarled one at that. (Ah! How Oscar Wilde would have smiled at that juxtaposition!) After blossoming, its green, heart-shaped leaves turn almost purple: hence the 'pansy'. It also goes by the name of spicewood because in southern Appalachia it was used to season venison and opossum. Pehr (or Pietari or Peter) Kalm (1716-1779), the famous Swedish-Finnish botanist and friend of Benjamin Franklin's, called it the Sallod Tree because its flowers were often used in salads. Others have called it the Judas Tree, because it is from a member of this species - the siliquastrum - that Judas Iscariot is said to have hanged himself after betraying Jesus with a kiss. Whatever... the beautiful magenta flowers of this exquisite tree lighten up every Spring, and there can be no-one who doesn't love a Redbud.
Walking into the Redbud Forests of the campus of the University of Chicago near Swift Hall and the language schools, I was reminded of the bitter fight over the language and nationality of Pehr Kalm about a hundred years after his death: he was claimed as one of their own both by the Finns and by the Swedes. It is wonderful that in the tradition of the liberal arts of this university (from 1890 onwards) such strife is a matter of humanist discourse and no longer a case of viciously sought-after national identity.
The Redbud was first depicted by that untiring English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) in his "Natural History"of 1731, but I rather prefer the real Flowering Tree. (By the way, I'm told it's a member of the bean family... Curious, no?)
Norwegian Air International (Benjamin Franklin Livery) 737 MAX8 Reg: EI-FYD as "Nortrans 1765" departing a bitter cold Shannon.
The Adventure Aquarium (white dome building) and directly behind it, the Delaware River Port Authority - DRPA - (golden pillar building) at the Dr Ulysses Wiggins Waterfront Park across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Camden, New Jersey.
While in Philadelphia in July 1984, we toured Franklin Court a part of Independence National Historical Park.
Ben Franklin's grave is in the court.
Tomorrow morning I'll be 43.
Honestly, I don't know what I think or I feel about it...the last days were too busy to think.
And now I'm at my sister's place enjoying my little nephew...that's all!
“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." --- Benjamin Franklin
Do you suppose he really said that? That quote would have been the lead story on CNN for hours in today's world..
A statue of Benjamin Franklin, carved by Jacques Jouvenal and presented to the city by Washington Post owner Stilson Hutchins in 1889, presides over the busy northwest corner of 10th and Pennsylvania Ave NW in this 1890s stereoview image. This small open space used to exist when D Street ran through to Pennsylvania Avenue. When the FBI Building was constructed in the early 1970s, D Street was closed off at 9th Street, and the statue was removed. It now stands on the southeast corner for 12th and Pennsylvania.
We got to the cemetery a little before opening, talked to the attendant, and she let us in before the other tourists who watched us from "behind bars" ; -)
This is the entrance to Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a cemetery founded in 1719. Benjamin Franklin and other signers of the Declaration of Independence are among the 1400 Colonial and Revolution-era leaders who are the current "occupants" of the cemetery.
leave your modesty at home
wear shorts underneath to ensure that nothing good is going to hang out anyway
ride around with a "mess w/ me and i will cut you" attitude. carry something heavy or pointy in your basket to back it up.
There are three cemeteries, or "burial grounds" on the Boston Freedom Trail. This is the Granary Burial Ground, established in 1660 on the site of a grain storage building. Some of those buried here are considered among America's "Founding Fathers" or American patriots. Some of the more famous include: Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Benjamin Franklin's parents also are buried here.
Freedom Trail Stop #4
he looks at everything with wonder, amazement and delight.
i heart that.
UPDATE: On June 20th, 2010 my precious Ben lost his battle. He had kidney problems that weren't noticeable until it was too late. He passed peacefully in my arms, I felt his last breath and heartbeat... and it crushed me.
He will be so, so, greatly missed. he was just 7 months old.
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