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With the left attempting to eradicate vast swathes of history, it’s helpful to rediscover the reality — the failings and foibles, yes, but also the good — behind past generations of Americans. On that count, a new biography of America’s first, and in many respects foremost, Founding Father yields a full portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s life and times.The four-hour documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns provides additional context about Franklin beyond the well-told tales about lightning and bifocals. A man who arrived in Philadelphia in 1723 with little more than the clothes on his back, Franklin rose up from his bootstraps by hard work and luck, his rise echoing that of the country he would help to create. ...The fact that Franklin, unlike most of his peers, ascended into the gentry class on merit rather than by dint of birth makes him, as one historian put it, the most accessible of the Founders. The first episode quotes Franklin from his autobiography discussing his “intrigues with low women” in both London and Philadelphia. Can anyone imagine a Puritan like John Adams, or a Stoic figure like George Washington, ever publicly admitting such bawdy dalliances? ...From his homespun advice in print to his famous verdict on the outcome of the Constitutional Convention — “a Republic, if you can keep it” — Benjamin Franklin provided words of wisdom that echo down to Americans yet today. Burns’ documentary helpfully refreshes those words, and that example, for a 21st-century audience.
In New PBS Documentary, Ken Burns Follows The Revolutionary Life Of Benjamin FranklinThe new PBS documentary highlights Franklin’s working-class roots that distinguish him from other Founders. By: Christopher JacobsApril 19, 2022 More at The FederalistLet's just hope true history is presented, and not redefined to suit any agenda.
