Benjamin Franklin Plaque - Boston, MA
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N 42° 21.955 W 071° 03.241
19T E 330865 N 4692448
A bronze plaque honoring Benjamin Franklin is located in at the northwest corner Paul Revere Mall opposite 401 Hanover Street from the southeast or 15 Unity Street fron the northwest in Boston, MA
Waymark Code: WM17B3A
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2023
Views: 4
Paul Revere Mall is a long and narrow park off of Hanover Street with a equestrian statue of Paul Revere at the southeast entrance. Brick walls line sides of the Mall. There are many plaques places along the interior of the wall. One of which honors Benjamin Franklin.
The bronze plaque honoring Benjamin Franklin is inscribed:
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
1706 - 1790
PRINTER, SCIENTIST, PHILANTHROPIST,
DIPLOMAT AND STATESMAN
A MAN OF TOWERING EMINENCE
AS PUBLISHER OF POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC
HE PROVIDED AMERICA IN ITS UPBUILDING
WITH A PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY
AND ENRICHED ITS COMMON SPEECH
WITH A WEALTH OF PROVERBS.
HE BELIEVED THAT REASON AND WORK
ARE THE PATHS TO PROGRESS.
HIS HUMOROUS, REALISTIC, FAR-RANGING MIND,
THE LIBERALISM OF HIS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY,
THE MANIFOLD SERVICES HE RENDERED TO HIS FELLOW MEN,
MADE HIM ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICANS.
HE LIVED AS A BOY AT THE CORNER OF UNION
AND HANOVER STREETS.
THE HOUSE FORMERLY STANDING IN UNITY STREET
AT THE HEAD OF THIS MALL WAS OWNED BY HIM
AND OCCUPIED BY HIS SISTERS.
* * *
Location Type: Historic Marker
Property Type: Public
Fee required: no
Location Notes:
The entrance to Paul Revere Mall is opposite St. Stephens Episcopal Church at 401 Hanover Street in Boston, MA.
Reference Web Site: Not listed
Established Date: Not listed
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