Franklin the Fireman
20 June, 2011
Engine 8 Ladder 2 on 4th and Arch, Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s favorite son*, Benjamin Franklin, cuts a dashing figure dressed in a Fireman’s hat.
Fun fact: Franklin started the first Fire Department in Pennsylvania–the Union Fire Company (or, colloquially, Benjamin Franklin’s Bucket Brigade).
*technically adopted. Franklin was born in Boston but it has been historically documented that he much preferred Philadelphia.
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