Ben Franklin arrives at the courthouse

Ben Franklin arrives at the courthouse

Ben Franklin showed up at the Franklin County Courthouse last week, looking brassy and bright-eyed, with a copy of the Constitution in his hand. For a while he had been shrouded in blue cloth, hidden from passers-by, awaiting the unveiling. On Sept. 17, at an event kept fairly hush-hush up until the morning it happened, Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrated the 238th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution by unveiling a new statue of Frankli…