The Last Resting Place of Benjamin Franklin
1706 - 1790
"Venerated for benevolence, admired for talents, esteemed for patriotism, beloved for philanthropy."
Washington
"The sage whom two worlds claimed as their own."
Mirabeau
"He tore from the skies the lightning and from tyrants the sceptre."
Turgot
Marker is on Arch Street near 5th Street, on the left when traveling west.
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