Benjamin Franklin Day - January 17th

[GAlady]

 

[GAlady]

 

[GAlady]

 

[ohioboy]

One of my, if not the, favorite Founding Fathers. He has no home standing in the U.S., but is buried in Christ Church burial ground, along with 4 other signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was selected to be on the 5 man drafting Commitee, although T. Jefferson was the principal author. He was revered in England as the man who "pulled electricity out of the air". A remarkable man. I have even tossed a penny on his grave myself!

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/364/benjamin-franklin/photo

 

[Jace]

Should we say?..Too Bad there's not more like him...these days!

 

[Jace]

@ohioboy.. hadn't heard of that (penny toss) before..
T Y for 'learning me something new'

 

[Disgustedman]

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One of two men who are NOT US presidents, but are on the money. Ben on $100 Hamilton on $10.

 

[debodun]

My dad used to call him Neb Nilknarf (Ben Franklin spelled backwards). There used to be a Ben Franklin department store near here. It closed in 1997.

 

[ohioboy]

Samuel P. Chase is on the $10,000.00 bill.

 

[Jace]

"If you put nothing in your purse, you can take nothing out"
--Benjamin Franklin

Didn't he also say..."A penny saved, is a penny earned"

 

[ohioboy]

"If you put nothing in your purse, you can take nothing out"
--Benjamin Franklin

Didn't he also say..."A penny saved, is a penny earned"

Not exactly!

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/articles/who-said-a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned.html

 

[Jace]

@0hioboy...T Y..good one. .

 

[Jace]

Just heard on news, NEW Franklin's are being..or actually..
printed..to prevent counterfeiting.

Anybody have or seen?
.

 

[Pepper]

Samuel P. Chase is on the $10,000.00 bill.

I remember my father told us that, even took us someplace where it was displayed like the crown jewels!

 

[Jace]

@Pepper..it may have been @ The Museum of American Finance, on Broadway, NYC.