The 2026 Benjamin Franklin Birthday Celebration:
The Role of the Military in a Democracy
January 16, 2026, in Philadelphia
Honoring General H.R. McMaster
Photos:
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Photos by TK
Moderator:
Moderator: Dr. R. Scott Stephenson, CEO, Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
SPEAKERS:
Maj Gen Wesley E. Craig, PA National Guard, ‘Franklin’s Associators, PANG and the 28th Infantry Division: Three Centuries of Service’
Claire Finkelstein, Algernon Biddle Professor of Law, Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), University of Pennsylvania Law School, ‘Domestic Deployments and Constitutional Constraints on the U.S. Military’
Ronald J. Granieri, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute (FPRI), Professor of History, Dept. of National Security and Strategy, US Army War College, ‘The Future of Military Alliances’
The ticketed luncheon honored Gen H.R. McMaster.
McMaster’s luncheon speech was titled: Eagle and Sword: Liberty, Security, and the Role of the Military in our Republic
