History Comes Alive - Benjamin Franklin

Sponsored by America250PA and the Charles Knox & Margaret Etner Foundation

Barry Stevens has been presenting Benjamin Franklin since 2005.   He was tending campfire while participating as a member of the First Virginia Regiment (a company of Revolutionary War re-enactors).  Visitors to the campfire would address him as "Ben" with such frequency and certainty that he  outfitted himself as this special  18th C. gentleman and actually began answering their questions!  His education of Dr. Franklin has led him to read and study extensively on the life and times of this American personality.  That study is ongoing and without end.  It has taken him to  locations throughout the Colonies known to Dr. Franklin and even to Le Procope restaurant in Paris, France.  On a recent trip he visited the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis, MN to gain  insight into the electrical experiments conducted by Dr. Franklin.  This experience is constantly being referenced…