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The orchestra sets the mood with a song, I Live the Life I Love.
Starting from the boyhood days of Benjamin Franklin, we drop in on some of the pranks he pulled as an apprenticeship in a print shop. After running away to Philadelphia, the 26 year old Ben is now married, and owns his own print shop. The young man is praised for the wit and wisdom in his Farmers Almanac.
Frank Pierce arrives from North Carolina with a proposition. Will Ben help him get a printing press started? He was also instrumental in starting the first library, fire department, and more.
In his middle years, Ben turned to the sciences, and his lightning rod. Word comes in with the news of a brewing storm, anmd Ben is asked to represent the colonies before dignitaries in Europe. The few months to answer the call led to 10 years.
During that time, his wife Debbie died, and he returns to the company of his daughter Sally.
Now recognized around the world for his scientific advances, Ben learns about the unrest going on in the colonies. He has been chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and answers the call of duty. Going to France to gain support, he would be gone another 9 years, but return triumphantly to theCruz, the gateway to iving at Vera new country he helped to found. He continued to actively serve his country, and though gone, his labors live on.
Even today there is a link to Ben Franklin and the Duponte company and the chemistry they add to Comquests in the name of Spain tend to exploit the natives. fertilizers and gasoline.
