Statue Of Benjamin Franklin Taken Down At Public University Due To Feared Protests
![](https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/5f4fd92a936c60cd77ba0c26/Benjamin-Franklin--American-statesman--printer-and-scientist--19th-century--Artist-/960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=960)
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.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/BenFranklinAtPennCropped.jpg/220px-BenFranklinAtPennCropped.jpg)
Statue of Benjamin Franklin (University of Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia
![](https://cdn10.phillymag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/mo-BenFranklin-statue-900x600-1.jpg)
45 Things You Never Knew About Benjamin Franklin
The Ben Franklin guide to personal breakthrough (why we need a code of conduct)
![](https://dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/yup-wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/27123240/9175475807_de408f263b_o-e1491413603489.jpg)
Benjamin Franklin on Immigration - Yale University Press
Pro-Palestine protester dresses keffiyeh on Benjamin Franklin statue
![](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/dpn/c8d359d8-8b91-4b09-b6ef-bf5e510dbacc.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=1000)
Hundreds of Palestine, Israel demonstrators gather on Penn's campus amid ongoing violence in region
![](https://assets-global.website-files.com/639f339fd4fdced020c3fd4a/64d575873cef41bdda5a0ed5_Benjamin%20Franklin%20(portrait).webp)
Benjamin Franklin's Timeline, Biography & History
![](https://s.w-x.co//util/image/w/benfranklin2.jpg?crop=16:9&width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=60)
Ben Franklin Statue Takes a Slam After Strong Winds Blow Through Boston
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T-OfkHFAbnQ/maxres2.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEoCIAKENAF8quKqQMcGADwAQH4AbYIgAKAD4oCDAgAEAEYaiBqKGowDw==&rs=AOn4CLC5QBhrffwXZAm2uKbp2kSwTbIZHg)
Benjamin Franklin statue ATTACKED ! 🇺🇸
![](https://oll-resources.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/oll3/store/people/4781/bigelow-john.png)
The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768
![](https://www.thecollegefix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Ben.PSGreen01.Flickr.jpg)
UPenn's Ben Franklin Statue Urinated On
![](https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/protest-ceasefire-gaza.jpeg)
Protest halts traffic on Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia - WHYY