Christ Church Burial Ground
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Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah. Four other signers of the Declaration of
Benjamin Franklin's gravesite in Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia
Benjamin Rush's grave
The grave of John Taylor (right), a long-time grave digger at the cemetery.
Edwin De Haven's headstone
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
Christ Church Burial Ground
…Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah. Four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried here, Benjamin Rush, Francis Hopkinson, Joseph Hewes, and George…
Portrait by Joseph Duplessis, 1785
An 1881 illustration of Franklin's birthplace on Milk Street in Boston
A May 2008 photograph of Franklin's birthplace in Boston, commemorated with a bust of Franklin atop the building's second-floor façade
La scuola della economia e della morale, an 1825 sketch of Franklin