Poor Richard-The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Private Tour

Overview

This is an in-depth tour through the extraordinary life and times of Benjamin Franklin. We learn about his life, his loves, and his alter-ego, Richard Saunders, Poor Richard. We discover how during these turbulent times than Benjamin Franklin was front and center and how he shaped America from 13 disparate colonies into the cohesive United States, participating in conferences on the French and Indian War, the 2nd Continental Congress, and the Constitutional Convention. No other man in history signed the four major documents of this period and we will learn about Franklin's role in each of them. We do not enter any of the buildings listed on the tour. We will be sitting outside them while I tell you about a particular part of Franklin's life.