{"id":24843,"date":"2018-01-06T15:34:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T23:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24843"},"modified":"2018-01-06T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T01:15:22","slug":"ben-franklin-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/ben-franklin-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncensored Ben Franklin at Electric Birthday Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Ben Franklin, was an inventor, printer, author and founder of civic organizations such as University of Pennsylvania. He also fancied women — usually younger, often married, and not always interested in his offers. Wife Deborah Franklin died in Philadelphia in 1774 without her husband being there or even knowing she was ill.<\/p>\n

In my history class at Franklin Grade School (named in his honor) Ben was presented as a stodgy, one-dimensional character credited with inventing the lightning rod. Ho-hum.<\/p>\n

Get an uncensored taste of this historical figure at Ben Franklin’s Electric Birthday Celebration<\/a>. On Jan.20, 2018 at International Printing Museum in Carson, Calif. actor Phil Soinski recreates the roll of Ben Franklin in both kid-friendly shows and an adults-only version that brings this colorful character (who also invented bifocals) into focus!<\/p>\n

Quotes about Ben Franklin<\/h2>\n

Franklin at the age of seventy-odd has neither lost his love of beauty nor his taste for it. — John Adams<\/p>\n

I have marked him particularly in the company of women where he loses all power over himself and becomes almost frenzied. — Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n

People have criticized the sweet habit I have of sitting on your lap, and your habit of soliciting from me what I always refuse — Madame Brillon, who called Franklin ‘mon cher papa’<\/p>\n

Mademoiselle Le Veillard came by to have the honor to be kissed by Monsieur Franklin. — Mademoiselle Le Veillard<\/p>\n

My little pocket wife — Ben Franklin (referring to Madame LeRoy)<\/p>\n

As the year unfolds there are other fascinating, historical figures\u00a0 celebrated in California at events such as Riverside’s Dickens Festival<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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