Tag Archives: Benjamin Franklin

Happy Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Jorge Costales

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson during the June 1776 Continental Congress. The beautiful painting to the left illustrates what ‘drafting’ represented. The video below from HBO’s goosebumps inducing [e.g. Adams and Jefferson both died 50 years … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Franklin – Not All Change Is Progress

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Jorge Costales

Benjamin Franklin’s inscription on the tombstone of his parents. Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife, lie here interred. They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years; and without an estate or any careful employment; by constant labor and honest industry, … Continue reading →

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