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Podcast: Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.
Episode: Benjamin Franklin Part 1: That Is the exact Moment I Became a Patriot!
Description: In 1787, Benjamin Franklin was looking out the window at his garden, when he received a call from the future …
The American Revolution ended four years ago. After a lifetime of service to his nation Franklin is now 81 years old. In these episodes, you’ll hear about:
Why Franklin wrote letters to his brother’s newspaper posing as an older woman.
Why his brother treated him so poorly and was jailed.
And finally, later in these episodes you’ll hear about the exact moment that Franklin became a patriot! It’s a fantastic m...