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Ben may have been born in Boston, but he came to Philly as a teenage runaway and made it his home. He and his wife are buried here. Apparently it's a tradition to throw pennies at the grave. Can't say I like that, but oh well.
The guys at the cemetery were very nice. I paid the admission fee and then bought a map to all the famous graves... :)
Library Hall. Benjamin Franklin's Library Company of Philadelphia in the Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London WC2N was built in 1730. Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, diplomat, philosopher, inventor and Founding Father of the United States of America. He lived in the house for 16 years between 1757-1775 and today the house is used as a museum and educational facility.
The house is Grade I listed.
The Chamber of Commerce was on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony to honor the opening of the new Belt Library Annex and the Benjamin Franklin Exhibit opening.
located in the rotunda of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA, featuring a colossal seated statue of Benjamin Franklin. The 20-ft high memorial was sculpted by James Earle Fraser between 1906 and 1911.
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
Benjamin Franklin
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A scene from the President's Gallery at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in DC. Hanging out with Benjamin Franklin.
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
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Designer: William Caslon I (1692–1766).
This version produced by Carol Twombly in 1990.
I have used the italic version of the ampersand.
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It was such a nice day and we wanted to try getting to Philadelphia via Amtrak train from Lancaster. The train took us to the 30th Street Station and we took the SEPTA subway from there.
The Christ Church Burial Grounds were located right next door to the US Mint so we just had to go for a stroll. Several signers of the Constitution are burried there most notably Benjamin Franklin.
When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart’s the last part moves, her last, the tongue.
Benjamin Franklin
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The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
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