Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat, revolutionary, world traveler, and founder of the United States

Summary: Diplomat, revolutionary, world traveler, and “observationist," Benjamin Franklin had amazing perspective, humor, a decisive manner, and some pretty remarkable contributions to science. In this episode of History and the Highway, host Stan Ellsworth looks back at the remarkable life of Benjamin Franklin from his humble beginnings to his scientific inventions to his role as a founder of the United States.