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HomeCelebrate Benjamin Franklin's Birthday, January 15, 2010
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Franklin's Legacy: American National Character
Dr. Sheldon Hackney
and Dr. Franklin
Who are these Americans? How, in a land of diversity and complexity, have we forged a single distinct identity?
This year's birthday celebration, which pays tribute to the legacy of Dr. Franklin, explores the concept of American character — how American see themselves and how they are perceived, and how this has evolved over the course of history.
The annual Franklin Founders Award will be presented this year to Dr. Sheldon Hackney.
Dr. Sheldon Hackney, the recipient of the 2010 award, has studied the development of American Character throughout his distinguished career. He has served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently a Professor of US History at Penn.
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Invitation
Program
Free and open to the public
Forces Shaping American National Character
- Sheldon Hackney, “Freedom and Identity”
Former chairman of the NEH, president of the U. of Pennsylvania - Walter A. McDougall, “Americans as Hustlers”
Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Heavens and the Earth - Barbara Dianne Savage, Moderator
Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Your Spirits Walk Beside Us
Free and open to the public
Join hundreds of other Franklin admirers for this annual parade as we march with banners, flags and music from the Library of the American Philosophical Society to the Christ Church burial ground to pay tribute to Dr. Franklin.
Down Town Club
6th & Chestnut Streets, Public Ledger Building, Philadelphia, PA 19106
