I see why I didn’t notice the plaque about Francis till yesterday – it wasn’t there till recently.
I would appreciate actual facts, but here are photos of the gravesite at various times. Clicking and opening each image will display it full-sized.
I consider Find A Grave photos more reliable than others, and photos I took personally, or find in published form more reliable.
| 2001: Image from Find A Grave, added 8/10/2001. No perimiter markers above the main headstone. |
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Virtual Tourist: Benjamin Franklin Grave Certainly no marble perimeter. Two plaques above the main headstone in the bricks. |
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| 2008: The marble perimeter now clearly visible, with Emma Mary Bache visible in the picture. Image from Find A Grave, added 8/18/2008. Looking at the full image, the plaques in the brick seem to be gone. I do not see the carving for John Read and Francis. Perhaps the perimiter was worked in over time. |
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| 2012?: Image dated 9/23/2012, Virtual Tourist. |
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| 2013: Image from Find A Grave, added 5/22/2013. This is the marble perimiter above the main headstone, with Francis F.F. and John Read clearly visible. The number of days is questionable: see the separate post. |
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