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Jan292026
104 – Benjamin Franklin in France During the Revolution
Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 11:11AM Benjamin Franklin spent most of the American Revolution in France. Find out what he was doing and how it was critical to American liberty!

The Treaty of Paris with some pretty important signatures!

Signing of Treaty of Paris (Painting by Benjamin West, 1783)
Benjamin Franklin's reception at the Court of France in 1778 (by Hohenstein)
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This early portrait by John Trumbull reproduces a 1777 French Engraving. This is the image of Franklin the French loved!
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