Historic Replicas

The colonial replicas on our site got me thinking about one of my favorite historical figures, Boston’s own Benjamin Franklin.  Of all the great thinkers and Patriots who helped bring about the birth of our nation, Benjamin Franklin may have been the most accomplished.  Scientist, inventor, musician, philosopher, and politician, Franklin was the embodiment of a renaissance man, and did much to shape American values.  He was born in Boston on January 17th, 1706 (living under British rule until he was 71!), the son of Josiah Franklin, a maker of candles and soap.  Josiah wanted Franklin to study theology and become a clergyman.