Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Quintessential American Benjamin Franklin was born on this day in 1706. Aside from being one of the most influential, prominent and important of the "Founding Fathers," with ideas and writings that hold true to this day, Franklin was everything from an author and printer to the inventor of the lightning rod, the founder of the first public library and fire departments and a musician and composer.



Here, Benjamin Franklin is presented on the head of the half dollar coin. Three of them, to be precise.