“Benjamin Franklin, for whom our city is named, once said, ‘Energy and persistence conquer all things.’ There are very few things with more energy and persistence than a river with rushing rapids from New Hampshire’s largest body of water.” So states a press release from Franklin City Manager Judie Milner and Marty Parichand, the executive director of Mill City Park, in announcing a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off the construction of a surf wave for kayakers next to Trestle View Park.