Archive for July 3rd, 2007
Ben Franklin, Radical Genius
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007In 1776 Ben Franklin was 70 years old and suffering from a variety of ailments. Unlike the younger founding fathers, Franklin was 26 years older than Washington, 29 years older than John Adams, and 37 years older than Jefferson. He had half a century on Madison and Hamilton. Talk about a generation gap, he [...]
