Ben Franklin's world is a production of the

O'Mahandro Institute.

Hello and welcome to

to

and welcome to episode 246 of Ben Franklin's world.

The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.

Summer is here and it's a time that many people relish.

They enjoy the warm weather, spending time on the beach, and personally? I enjoy the

seasonal excuse to eat fried clams. For many, summer is also a time to slow down and enjoy a vacation,

possibly even a good long road trip.

You know, speaking of road trips, my parents took my brother and I on lots of road trips when we were kids.

Sometimes we'd sit out in our car from New Hampshire and drive southwest and north.

Other times we'd fly into a distan area of the United States

and then drive around for a week or so we could see new things.

And in grad school, I even had the opportunity to drive entirely across the country, from

New Hampshire to California.

And that was a fun trip.

Tim and I took a month to do it, and we saw so many sites along the way. So I speak from experience when I say that road trips can be a lot of fun.

They're a chance to see new places, experience new and different American cultures, and a chance to take in new and

different American histories. That's why over the next four episodes we're

going to take a road trip together right through Ben Franklin's world.

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