Just how personal was the American Revolution?
What could the event and war mean for individual people and families?
Daniel Mark Epstein), author of The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin’s House), guides as as we explore what the Revolution meant for Benjamin Franklin and his family and how the Revolution caused a major rift between Franklin and his beloved son, William.
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