Ben Franklin Book Week in Franklin: Events Include Historical Discussion and Live Readathon

By MyFM’s Claire Beverly – It’s Ben Franklin Book Week with events around Franklin. Tuesday night at the Historical Museum is a program called Ben Franklin’s Journey from Slaveholder to Abolitionist and African Son, a discussion with local historian Jim Johnston and Historical Commission Chair Alan Earls. Wednesday it’s an all-day Ben Franklin Autobiography Live Readathon at the Museum starting at 9:30 with ‘kick off ‘ speakers Congressman Jake Auchincloss, State Senator Becca Rausch and State Representative Jeff Roy.