His bicentennial birthday is celebrated in 2006.
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2006-09-03 18:32:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Correction not bicentennial, but TRICENTENNIAL
2006-09-03 18:39:09 · update #1
AH, good old Benjamin Franklin. I did a book report on him in school and learned so much about him I never forgot what an amazing man he was. He doesn't get the publicity he deserves. He made numerous trips across the ocean to England in an effort to smooth things with the king before the war broke out. he later was instrumental in getting the French to assist in defeating the English.
He invented numerous things and never once patented them. They were for the good of the public.
Netfiix has a video about his life portrayed by modern actors in full costume. if you like old Ben, may I suggest you watch that video. "Benjamin Franklin 2002"
2006-09-03 18:52:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Authentic AMERICAN genius - - - - truly a Man for the Times one of the indispensible men of their times - - - and yet while I admire Benjamin Franklin I truly doubt that he would be accepted by the majority of Modern Evangelical Christian Concervatives. Franklin was a 'b a s t a r d' who fathered several b a s t a r d s, he was most definitely a L I B E R A L, he advocated TOLERANCE, he was a Deist, a believer in God not a worshiper of Jesus, he advocated Libraries instead of Bullets and worked to make life better for the 'unwashed' majority through the invention of the Franklin STove and other innovations, in other words most Republicans would run him out of town on a rail. Oh, and a final nail in the coffin, Franklin encouraged Immigration! Yikes.
Peace.
2006-09-03 18:47:52 · answer #2 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-03 18:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by Lei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor Richard
2006-09-03 19:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by You Know Who 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-03 18:34:51 · answer #5 · answered by goodlittlegirl11 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see ol' Ben with a kite on a very long string, a key dangling from the kite and a bolt of lightning striking the key and POW!!!! We have electricity!!!!!! High Voltage!!!! I can also SEE! He invented the first EYE GLASSES! Ben was a great guy!
2006-09-03 18:39:06 · answer #6 · answered by GiGi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think he was brilliant and funny and sexy. Sometimes I wish I was born a couple hundred years ago so I could have met him. I do think you meant his tricentennial birthday.
2006-09-03 18:36:34 · answer #7 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incredibly forward thinking and inventive man. Probably a fun guy to party with as well from what I have read of his exploits in Paris.
2006-09-03 18:35:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just saw this really cute Disney short called "My Friend Ben" about how a mouse helped Ben Franklin come up with all his great ideas. It was really cute.
2006-09-03 18:35:02 · answer #9 · answered by Princess Leia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you mention Ben Franklin, I think of a great American inventor, patriot and author.
2006-09-03 18:35:29 · answer #10 · answered by solarius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋