If you’re know-it-all cousin tries to tell you Benjamin Franklin wanted the country’s national symbol to be a turkey, rather than a Bald Eagle, between spoonfuls of mashed potatoes this Thanksgiving, ...

‘Franklin is endlessly, endlessly interesting. He is the only Founding Father who evidently had a sense of humor, who was evidently human, who evidently had a sex life.” No, this is not a quip from a ...

The most widely traveled American of his time, the founding father learned a thing or two along the way. American statesman Benjamin Franklin crossed the Atlantic eight times in his long life. This ...

On the whole, the Founding Fathers, those towering patriarchs, fared poorly when it came to sons. George Washington and James Madison had none. Thomas Jefferson’s only legitimate one died in infancy.

As Penn celebrates its 285th anniversary, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with scholars to understand the extent of Benjamin Franklin's involvement in the University and how his vision has shaped its ...

Benjamin Franklin High in Queen Creek used to have most of its football games end within two hours, running the ball in every direction possible out of the Double Wing T as the clock kept moving. No ...

Benjamin Franklin experimented with electricity on fowl. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis, courtesy of The Library of Congress In 1751 Benjamin Franklin planned an electrical ...

There’s a saying among ARMY — BTS’ famously loyal fandom — that the South Korean supergroup’s songs find you when you need them the most. Feeling a bit melancholy? “Spring Day” is here to put things ...

Massachusetts is drenched in history. You can't go much of anywhere in the commonwealth without running into America's first something or other. But not all firsts are created equal. Some are endowed ...

Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War with his unadorned clothes and speech, quick wit, and ...

Joyce Chaplin's new book "The Franklin Stove" is out now. (Book cover courtesy Farrar, Straus and Giroux; author photo courtesy Saffron Sener) The winter of 1740-41 was exceptionally cold and Benjamin ...

A Republican lawmaker is introducing legislation to immortalize President Donald Trump on $100 bills. Representative Brandon Gill, who represents Texas' 26th Congressional District, said that he plans ...