<description>&lt;p&gt;What role did Ben Franklin's early years play in the formation of the U.S. Navy? Find out on today's podcast!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Music sources: Intro "Three Little Drummers from the George Washington Show by" &lt;a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_United_States_Army_Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps/" rel="cc:attributionURL"&gt;The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under a &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="license"&gt;Public Domain Mark 1.0 License&lt;/a&gt;, Source: Free Music Archive.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-'Anchors Aweigh' free MP3 from navy.mil.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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What role did Ben Franklin's early years play in the formation of the U.S. Navy? Find out on today's podcast!
-Music sources: Intro "Three Little Drummers from the George Washington Show by" <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_United_States_Army_Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps/" rel="cc:attributionURL">The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps</a> is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="license">Public Domain Mark 1.0 License</a>, Source: Free Music Archive.&nbsp;
-'Anchors Aweigh' free MP3 from navy.mil.&nbsp;

Cannon Blast History Podcast

Episode 2: 'Ben Franklin and the Origins of the American Navy'

Episode 2: 'Ben Franklin and the Origins of the American Navy'

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