A painting of Franklin’s return to Philadelphia from Europe in 1785 shows him flanked by his son-in-law (in red), his daughter and Benjamin Bache (in blue), the grandson he’d taken to France ...

Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial America’s leading editor and printer of novels, almanacs, soap wrappers, and everything in between Looming large on ...

The 6-foot-tall Franklinia Alatamaha trees, better known as Franklin trees, will be planted at the historic building on ...

Michael Douglas is playing Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV + miniseries, "Franklin," and found similarities ...

Michael Douglas has no regrets about farting as a founding father. In an interview with Sirius XM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the ...

Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

Over 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin strung together a handful of proverbs about wealth and success from his yearly publication, "Poor Richard's Almanack," which he wrote and published for 25 ...

“You know,” he says to me. “You’re a clone of Benjamin Franklin. From the side.” I thank him. He walks off. Martha can’t stop laughing. Benjamin Franklin? Frankly, I don’t see the ...

Authorities in Franklin County have arrested Thurman Henderson and Malachi Johan Taylor in connection with the attempted ...

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We are very confident in the actions that we have taken to minimize hazards and risks." Benjamin Franklin Bridge, built in 1926 Delaware River Turnpike Bridge, built in 1956 Walt Whitman Bridge ...