Statue Of Benjamin Franklin Taken Down At Public University Due To Feared Protests
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Washburn University, a public university in Topeka, has removed campus statues of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson and has offered to return them to the widow of the alumnus who donated them.
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Ben Franklin High School students lead hundreds in protests against anti-LGBTQ bills, The Latest, Gambit Weekly
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Statue Of Benjamin Franklin Taken Down At Public University Due To Feared Protests
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Benjamin Franklin and the Pamphlet Wars The National Endowment for the Humanities
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