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Benjamin Franklin’s Tomb

The tomb of Benjamin Franklin can be easily found in the little Christ Church Burial Ground of Philadelphia (Arch Street between 4th & 5th).

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Near the tomb, you can easily see a bronze memorial tablet with the genial epitaph that young Franklin – who was already a book-lover – wrote, as a joke, for himself at that time.

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  • Photos by Luca Borghi @ (June 2017)
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