Show i t i th aben ben franklin 4 1 statue at philadelphia recalls memory of g great patriot t 1 X A V el m b vc at on january 17 all pennsylvania as well as other states pays tribute to i the memory of benjamin fr franklin anklin on his birthday anniversary here Is his statue at the post office building in philadelphia and tt it marks the spot where he stood when he lew flew the kite in a thunderstorm and discovered the first rudiments rudl menta of electricity I 1 benjamin franklin lies iles in a little cemetery at the corner of fifth and arch streets in philadelphia the burial ground Is somewhat neglected it Is one of the paradoxes of man kinds reverence for dead heroes that thai the simpler the memorial the less attention it receives and yet there Is much to commend this simplicity all the more so when it expresses the character and wish of the man himself great and varied as was frank lins life he never lost the unaffected naturalness which was his birthright even when he was the idol of the most sophisticated court in europe simplicity was part of his charm when living it Is part of the distinction of his final resting place |