Monday, September 8, 2008

Benjamin Franklin


Benjamin Franklin was a famous man. He made the lightning rod, experimented with electricity, he made the first volunteer fire department in Philadelphia, first hospital, he created street cleaning jobs for people in Philadelphia, he made a fire insurance company, helped write the Declaration of Independance, he made a rocking chair and whenever somebody rocked on it the fan above it would move to keep the flies away, he reorganized the way the post office worked. He did a lot of great things. He had 16 brothers and sisters too.

To learn more about Banjamin Franklin go here.

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