Franklin — in all his brilliance and messiness and human-ness — is ours.
Steve Menei of Fishtown wears a Ben Franklin costume during Super Bowl LVII against the Kansas City Chiefs at State Farm Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, AZ.Perhaps more than any other founding father, it’s easy to imagine Benjamin Franklin strolling the streets of Philadelphia today.
Part of this is Franklin’s own design: He was a master at cultivating his own image — Philadelphia’s first celebrity, an 18th-century influencer. Then, as now, he was known as the everyman of the Revolution, the self-taught scientist, quirky inventor, pioneering printer and elder statesman who charmed kings in a coonskin cap.He was also deeply flawed, knew it, and tried to be better.
“He’s very much a symbol, I think, of what Americans, even Americans in the 21st century, believe is a true American character,” she said. “He seems three-dimensional to us because of those qualities.”Imagine him now, Phillies cap in place of his tricorn, striding down Market Street reading the Inquirer on his phone. He might tweet a pithy proverb , followed by a lament about our sports teams. (They’re doing well now, of course, but Franklin is a true Philadelphian.
“I think that he would be really sincere in his interest in what we’ve done in the 250 years since his lifetime – not judgmental, but curious. And I think, to me, it’s Franklin’s curiosity that is his most attractive quality,” said Diethorn.
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