How tall was Ben Franklin?
5’11’ Not only relatively tall, but he was a very good swimmer and lifted weights when younger. The pictures we see of him are when he was in his late 60 or even 80’s. The story about Ben flying a kite with a key on te string during a storm. Well both Ben and his son, William watched while a slave held the string. Ben was smarter than taking that risk himself. I have heard the result was the slave got knocked on his butt. Too bad he has never been named as he deserves credit.
