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Meet Ben Franklin

Presented by Dr. Michael Norris

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first postmaster general.

On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate 250 years of independence. 

Through art and artifacts drawn from East Coast museums and collections, meet the author, printer, political theorist, politician, Freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat you know as Benjamin Franklin. 

Presenter: Dr Michael Norris got his BA in classics from the University of California at San Diego and his MA in classics and Ph.D. in art history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He spent twenty years at the Cloisters Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and has lectured on trips all over the world. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey. 

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