Did you know that Benjamin Franklin invented the armonica? It was a musical instrument that you playing by rubbing wet fingers on the edges of rotating glasses. Dean Shostak (above) will be playing the armonica live in the National Archives on Friday, February 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in celebration of the opening of our new exhibit “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World.”
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Did you know that Benjamin Franklin invented the armonica? It was a musical instrument that you playing by rubbing wet fingers on the edges of rotating glasses.

Dean Shostak (above) will be playing the armonica live in the National Archives on Friday, February 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in celebration of the opening of our new exhibit “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World.”

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