LOOK LIKE BEN
As portrayed by Richard Q. Fowler
LOOK LIKE BEN
As portrayed by Richard Q. Fowler
LOOK LIKE BEN WEBSITE INDEX
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SUBJECT
Revolutionary War Manuscript
A transcription of the 1859 book, "American Revolution and History."
Arlington Cemetery At Christmas
Bud Casey's Army The magnificent force of soldiers and sailors of the American Revolution created by Bud Casey of The St. Lucie River Chapter, FLSSAR
Who Was The Real Benedict Arnold?
Revolutionary War Manuscript
A transcription of the 1859 book, "Campfires of the Revolution."
Colored Patriots
of the American Revolution
"Flag of the
United States of America."
Founding Fathers
George Washington papers
Library of Congress
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Iran Attack
Lafayette: Triumph and Tragedy
NATIONAL CONGRESS, Sons of the American Revolution, PICTURES
Presidential Quotes On Liberty
Washington's Second Front
Washington's Travels in New England
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NATIONAL CONGRESS PICTURES
NATIONAL CONGRESS, Sons of the American Revolution, PICTURES
OTHER PICTURES
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| May 10, 2008 | Click here to see: Honor Flight WWII Veterans Returning to Columbus Columbus, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click on .pdf files in left column to see group pictures. Click on .jpg files in left column to see individual pictures.
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| May 9, 2008 | Click here to see: Great Western Academy Third Grade Classes Columbus, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | | |
| May 2-3, 2008 | Click here to see: Florida Society SAR BOM/Annual Meeting Kissimee, Florida Photos courtesy Brett Brown(Palm Beach) | | Click here to see FAST SLIDE SHOW
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| May 2-3, 2008 | Click here to see: Florida Society SAR BOM/Annual Meeting Kissimee, Florida Photos courtesy Doug Bridges (Miami) | | Click here to see FAST SLIDE SHOW
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| May 2-3, 2008 | Click here to see: Florida Society SAR BOM/Annual Meeting Kissimee, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | | Click here to see FAST SLIDE SHOW
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| April 25-26, 2008 | Click here to see: Ohio Society SAR Annual Meeting Twinsburg, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | | Click here to see FAST SLIDE SHOW
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| April 10, 2008 | Click here to see: Plain City Lions Club Meeting Plain City, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | | Click here to see FAST SLIDE SHOW
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| April 10, 2008 | Click here to see: Judge Henry Shaw and Dick Fowler present Flag Certificate to Jerry Palmer Delaware, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | | Click here to see FAST SLIDE SHOW
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| March 10 - 13, 2008 | Click here to see: Englewood Christian Academy, Englewood, FL; Englewood Medical Center Flag Certificate; Venice/Englewood North Port Gondolier Sun newspaper old
Printing Press; Sarasota Military Academy & St. Stephens School, Manatee, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler and Mary Tarpley | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| March 8, 2008 | Click here to see: Last Naval Battle Ceremonies, 225th Anniversary Cape Canaveral, Florida Photos courtesy Phil Wright (Brevard) | | |
| March 8, 2008 | Click here to see: Last Naval Battle Ceremonies, 225th Anniversary Cape Canaveral, Florida Photos courtesy Doug Bridges (Miami) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| March 8, 2008 | Click here to see: Last Naval Battle Ceremonies, 225th Anniversary Cape Canaveral, Florida Photos courtesy Ben DuBose | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| March 8, 2008 | Click here to see: Last Naval Battle Ceremonies, 225th Anniversary Cape Canaveral, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 28, 2008 | Click here to see: Senior Citizens of Reynoldsburg Meeting Pictures Reynoldsburg, Ohio Photos courtesy Judy at Senior Citizens of Reynoldsburg | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Doug Bridges (Miami) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Cardell (Jacksonville) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Charles Day (Withlacoochee) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy David Kelsey (Flagler) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Hal Miller (Saramana) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Charles Riegle (Saramana) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Melvin Sellers (Lakeland) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2008 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Mary Tarpley (Saramana) | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| January 18, 2008 | Click here to see: Benjamin Franklin Chapter Meeting January 2008 pictures, Columbus, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| December 14, 2007 | Click here to see: Benjamin Franklin Chapter Meeting December 2007 pictures, Columbus, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| November 18, 2007 | Click here to see: Rock Hollow School Historical Marker Dedication pictures, Malta, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| November 16, 2007 | Click here to see: Benjamin Franklin Chapter Meeting November 2007 pictures, Columbus, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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| November 9, 2007 | Click here to see: Veterans Day 2007 Parade pictures, Columbus, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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October 26-27 2007 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Fall 2007 BOM Meeting Pictures Kissimmee, Florida Images by Dick FowlerClick on bomfal07001.jpg thru 139.jpg, individually. You can save or copy pictures by right clicking on picture and then "saving target."
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Bom Fall 2007 a
Bom Fall 2007 b
Bom Fall 2007 c
Bom Fall 2007 d
Bom Fall 2007 e
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October 5-6 2007 | Click here to see: Battle Days Around Town Point Pleasant, West Virginia Images by Ed Lowe - EDLO Images Point Pleasant, WV. Copyrighted October, 2007. All rights reserved.
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Around Town 1
Around Town 2
Around Town 3
Around town 4
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October 5-6 2007 | Click here to see: Battle Days Heritage Queen Point Pleasant, West Virginia Images by Ed Lowe - EDLO Images Point Pleasant, WV. Copyrighted October, 2007. All rights reserved.
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Heritage Queen1
Heritage Queen2
Heritage Queen3
Heritage Queen4
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October 5-6 2007 | Click here to see: Battle Days Living History Point Pleasant, West Virginia Images by Ed Lowe - EDLO Images Point Pleasant, WV. Copyrighted October, 2007. All rights reserved.
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Living History1
Living History2
Living History3
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October 5-6 2007 | Click here to see: Battle Days Memorial Service Point Pleasant, West Virginia Images by Ed Lowe - EDLO Images Point Pleasant, WV. Copyrighted October, 2007. All rights reserved.
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Memorial Service1
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October 5-6 2007 | Click here to see: Battle Days Pageant Point Pleasant, West Virginia Images by Ed Lowe - EDLO Images Point Pleasant, WV. Copyrighted October, 2007. All rights reserved.
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October 5-6 2007 | Click here to see: Battle Days Parade Point Pleasant, West Virginia Images by Ed Lowe - EDLO Images Point Pleasant, WV. Copyrighted October, 2007. All rights reserved.
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October 5-6 2007 | Battle Days Point Pleasant, West Virginia Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | | Click here to see FAST SLIDE SHOW
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| July 27, 2007 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Summer 2007 BOM Meeting Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| July 8 - 11, 2007 | Click here to see: National Congress Pictures, Williamsburg, Virginia Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | | |
| July 4, 2007 | Click here to see: 4th of July Parade pictures, Lancaster, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| June 28, 2007 | Click here to see: Stepping Stones Learning Center pictures, Worthington, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| June 14, 2007 | Click here to see: Alexandria Buckeyes Bus Trip To Cleveland Lake Erie excursion Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| June 16, 2007 | Click here to see: George Rogers Clark Chapter Betsy Ross Meeting Springfield, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| June 12, 2007 | Click here to see: Camp Charlotte, OHSSAR meeting Circleville, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| June 1, 2007 | Click here to see: Belle of Louisville Ohio River Excursion Louisville, Kentucky Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| May 28, 2007 | Click here to see: Blue Ash Memorial Day Parade Blue Ash (Cincinnati), Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| May 17, 2007 | Click here to see: Alexandria Buckeyes meeting Alexandria, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| May 14, 2007 | Click here to see: Morgan County Historical Society meeting McConnelsville, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| May 12, 2007 | Click here to see: Rufus Putnam Chapter Law Enforcement Awards Zanesville, Ohio Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| April 28, 2007 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Color Guard at Long Range Reconaissance Patrol Memorial Service Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| April 27, 2007 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Spring 2007 BOM Meeting Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| March 9, 2007 | Click here to see: Last Naval Battle Ceremonies Cape Canaveral, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Click here to see SLIDE SHOW
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| January 19 - 20, 2007 | Click here to see: FLSSAR Winter 2007 BOM Meeting Kissimmee, Florida Photos courtesy Dick Fowler | Move control bar with your cursor. Pause or go forward or backward with arrow keys. Scan through pictures rapidly by clicking the forward arrow key rapidly.
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Some time ago a friend and I went
to a local elementary school to talk
to students about the American
Revolution. My friend mentioned
that he had a musket in his car, and
the teacher said, “Why don’t you
bring it in?” To my surprise, the
principal gave permission, and in we
went, dressed in our colonial uniforms,
musket and all. The kids were very
excited to see this authentic American
Revolution musket replica, and they were very elated with our presentation.
For some time, whenever I wore my SAR uniform, people have likened me to Benjamin Franklin and often call me “Ben.” To capitalize on this reaction, I let my hair grow long and bought a costume such as Benjamin Franklin wore (see photo).
My objective is to go to schools as “Benjamin Franklin” and tell the kids about Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution. As with the musket, I hope to better capture their attention and help build in them a desire to learn more about the heroes of the American Revolution who gave us our freedom.
Background and experience:
U. S. Army Air Corps 1946-1949
Thirteen months Fixed Station Radio Repair School, Ft. Monmouth, NJ
Technical Aid in Electronics Upper Atmospheric Research
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
Western Electric Co., Inc. and AT&T (Now known as Lucent Technologies)
Manufacturing Manager:
Kearny New Jersey, 1953 - 1962
Columbus, Ohio, 1962 - 1980; Salem, New Hampshire, 1980 - 1987
Federal Express Personnel
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1987 - 1992
Webmaster, Florida Society, SAR 1999 - 2006
Currently Editor, The Florida Patriot
Newsletter of the Florida Society, Sons of The American Revolution
Personal:
Widower, Father of four, Grandfather of nine, Great-Grandfather of eight
Education:
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, School of Engineering, 1950 - 1951
New York University, 1952 - 1953
Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey 1962,
Bachelor of Science in Management
Hobbies:
Computers
Photography
Gardening
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The purposes and objects of this website are declared to be
patriotic, historical, and educational, and shall include those
intended or designed to perpetuate the memory of the men who, by
their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution,
achieved the independence of the American people.
You remember me as Benjamin Franklin, one of our founding fathers. I was not just our most famous citizen at our country's birth, I was a central part of that birth.
As a member of the Second Continental Congress, I helped draft the Declaration of Independence. As a member of the Constitutional Convention, I helped draft the Constitution. Both documents bear my signature. I also signed the Treaty of Alliance with France, bringing the colonies French aid against the British, and The Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States. I was the only person, in fact, to sign all of these key documents.
My role in our founding has, however, been eclipsed in modern memory by my many other accomplishments. My inventions ran the gamut from my trademark bifocals to the Franklin Stove to artificial fertilizer. I ran my own paper and published Poor Richard's Almanac. I even published the first political cartoon in the colonies. I founded the University of Pennsylvania, as well as America's first public library and public hospital. My discoveries went far beyond my famous kite experiment, and included the identification of lead poisoning and the discovery and charting of ocean currents.
Unfortunately, the result has been that attention which deserves to be paid to what I said about America and the liberty it was designed to protect has often been crowded out by that paid to my other accomplishments. Listed below are some of the things I said about Liberty:
As I said before, "God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country."
The summer of 1776 was a harrowing time for the British colonies in America. Open warfare with the mother country had erupted a year earlier and the future was filled with political and military uncertainties.
In this tense climate, the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia with the intention of voting for independence from England. In anticipation of this vote, the Congress selected a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The committee, composed of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman and me. We instructed Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration.
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