Some Men Would Be Great In Any Time

What would George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin do if they suddenly found themselves in present-day America?

Journey with our Founding Fathers as they discover airplanes, Constitutional amendments, World Wars and the Kennedy Assassination. Watch CNN and Jerry Springer with George Washington, meet emancipated African Americans with Thomas Jefferson, surf the web with Benjamin Franklin.

The Founders face difficult questions as they confront modern America. Is the isolationism they advocated plausible in a nuclear era? Can the limited government they envisioned still secure the blessings of liberty? Should Franklin replicate his kite experiment by sticking a key in an electrical outlet? Who brought them to the future, and why?