Benjamin Franklin Part 1: That Is the exact Moment I Became a Patriot!

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 moment.

Franklin is so much fun to listen to because he’s like no one else in history. Sometimes he is brilliant and other times he is quirky, but he’s always interesting. Start the episode now and join the conversation.