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There are TWO television events featuring Ben Franklin!

One is the Ken Burns documentary called Benjamin Franklin. Burns always does an excellent job with his documentaries. This one airs on PBS Passport and is also available on Amazon Prime, VUDU, and Apple TV.

The other is a new mini series called Franklin, starring Michael Douglas as Ben Franklin. This series premieres on April 12, 2024 and appears to be exclusively on Apple TV, but may be available elsewhere later.

Ben Franklin is one of America’s founding fathers.

Family Tree Magazine has a cover story on their May/June 2023 issue about Colonial Ancestors, with 11 Key Records for Early US Research, 1620-1776. The article has some good tips to get started, or more details for diving deeper. If you have a Patriot Ancestor, you may want to search some record hints for your proof, or you may want to dig deeper to find more about their ancestors.

Their website has some articles and hints about Early American Genealogy as well.

Battle of Cowpens, (January 17, 1781), in the American Revolution, brilliant American victory over a British force on the northern border of South Carolina that slowed Lord Cornwallis’s campaign to invade North Carolina. British casualties were estimated at about 600, whereas the Americans lost only 72.

Read more from the Britannica website.