March 2025 Luncheon
Monday, 2 June 2025
Reception: 1130 hrs
Luncheon: 1200 hrs
Jack Sherry as
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Ben Franklin, His Role in the Founding of the American Navy
and Friendship with John Paul Jones
Celebrating The Semiquincentennial Of
The United States Navy & United States Marine Corps
Jack Sherry has been performing as Ben Franklin since 2003. He is a retired American History teacher, having taught for over 15 years at a private high school in New Jersey.
He has been actively involved with Living History re-enacting since 1980, portraying the common Loyalist soldier who fought during the American Revolution, 1775-1783.
He and his wife Celeste, a college English professor, reside in Rockland County, New York.
Benjamín Franklin was instrumental in the founding of the American Navy when he was a member of the Continental Congress in 1775. On 13 December 1775 he cast his vote in favor of building the first American fleet, consisting of 13 frigates.
The famed American warship Bon Homme Richard was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. John Paul Jones wished to pay a well merited compliment “to a great and good man, to whom I am under great obligations and who honors me with his friendship.”
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