a ten-foot-high statue—a gift to the city from the Pennsylvania Freemasons—shows young Benjamin Franklin at his printing press. By Adam Smyth - Author, The Book-Makers: A History of the Book ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Benjamin Franklin, a towering figure in ... institutions such as public libraries—the statue will remind ...

History lovers followed a young Benjamin Franklin re-enactor carrying “three great puffy rolls,” per Franklin’s own account, in a procession from Philadelphia’s River Front to its historic district to ...

Before Benjamin Franklin became a printer ... he failed math twice. In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to ...