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12/02/2026 05:30:00 PM12/02/2026 07:30:00 PMAmerica/New_YorkBenjamin Franklin: America's First DiplomatFounding Father Benjamin Franklin wore many hats: writer, printer, statesman, businessman, scientist, inventor and diplomat. But it was in his role as the United States’ senior envoy to the government of King Louis XVI of France that he made his greatest contribution to the Thirteen Colonies’ mortal struggle for independence from Great Britain.
Join us for a presentation by retired Ambassador Glyn T. Davies exploring Franklin's importance as a diplomat from the perspective of a career Foreign Service officer. Discover Franklin's vital importance to the success of the American Revolution and how he enchanted the French by embodying the ideal American in their eyes. The presentation will begin with Mr. Franklin giving attendees a glimpse into his arrival in France on this very date 250 years ago!
First Bank of the United States 120 S. Third Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106aymXOxEafzLJXryWtmet173885
Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wore many hats: writer, printer, statesman, businessman, scientist, inventor and diplomat. But it was in his role as the United States’ senior envoy to the government of King Louis XVI of France that he made his greatest contribution to the Thirteen Colonies’ mortal struggle for independence from Great Britain.
Join us for a presentation by retired Ambassador Glyn T. Davies exploring Franklin's importance as a diplomat from the perspective of a career Foreign Service officer. Discover Franklin's vital importance to the success of the American Revolution and how he enchanted the French by embodying the ideal American in their eyes. The presentation will begin with Mr. Franklin giving attendees a glimpse into his arrival in France on this very date 250 years ago!
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Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wore many hats: writer, printer, statesman, businessman, scientist, inventor and diplomat. But it was in his role as the United States’ senior envoy to the government of King Louis XVI of France that he made his greatest contribution to the Thirteen Colonies’ mortal struggle for independence from Great Britain.
Join us for a presentation by retired Ambassador Glyn T. Davies exploring Franklin's importance as a diplomat from the perspective of a career Foreign Service officer. Discover Franklin's vital importance to the success of the American Revolution and how he enchanted the French by embodying the ideal American in their eyes. The presentation will begin with Mr. Franklin giving attendees a glimpse into his arrival in France on this very date 250 years ago!
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First Bank of the United States
120 S. Third Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
United States
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12/02/2026 05:30:00 PM12/02/2026 07:30:00 PMAmerica/New_YorkBenjamin Franklin: America's First DiplomatFounding Father Benjamin Franklin wore many hats: writer, printer, statesman, businessman, scientist, inventor and diplomat. But it was in his role as the United States’ senior envoy to the government of King Louis XVI of France that he made his greatest contribution to the Thirteen Colonies’ mortal struggle for independence from Great Britain.
Join us for a presentation by retired Ambassador Glyn T. Davies exploring Franklin's importance as a diplomat from the perspective of a career Foreign Service officer. Discover Franklin's vital importance to the success of the American Revolution and how he enchanted the French by embodying the ideal American in their eyes. The presentation will begin with Mr. Franklin giving attendees a glimpse into his arrival in France on this very date 250 years ago!
First Bank of the United States 120 S. Third Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106aymXOxEafzLJXryWtmet173885
