The Philadelphian came to see that the ideals he championed — liberty, self-determination, human dignity — could not coexist ...

The secret meetings took place in December 1775 at Carpenters' Hall and helped lead to a critical supply of ammunitions and ...

Travel enabled him to cast his gaze beyond Puritan Boston and imagine fresh possibilities. What advice might the peripatetic founder offer us modern-day travelers? Here are five lessons, culled from ...

With the exception of John Quincy Adams, no other son of a Founder rose to his father’s stature. The unluckiest of all may have been Benjamin Franklin, who, in the course of a deeply familial contest, ...

After capturing hundreds of hours of footage, over a decade, for his new docuseries "The American Revolution," filmmaker Ken Burns knew the epic story had to begin with Benjamin Franklin. Burns was ...

Principal Brett Umbenhouer warmly welcomed guest speaker Patrick McBride to Liberty-Curtin Elementary School, or as the kids knew him, Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was one of several ...