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Ben Franklin’s Kite

This tiny, easy-to-miss plaque is on the front of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 18 s. 10th Street, in Philadelphia, PA, and commemorates, quite subtly, the discovery of electricity. It says, “This Church is built on the site where Benj. Franklin flew his famous kite.”

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