Now, thanks to years of dogged fundraising on both sides of the Atlantic, Benjamin Franklin's only surviving ... including a bird-watching society. British writer C. P. Snow is said to have ...

To discuss Franklin’s life and legacy, we are joined by H.W. Brand, professor of history at Texas A&M, and author of The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin; Claudeanne Lopez ...

1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin knew better than most the benefits of self-education.

Maybe it’s time to revive Franklin’s wisdom not just as a historical footnote, but as a model for modern living. America ...

The eclectic inventor, scientist, author, and statesman ... Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents associated with the nation's birth: the ...

In a full-battalion-to-remind-you-of-my-love kind of missive, George Washington informed the Canadians that Benedict Arnold ...

In December 1776, nearly six months after the Thirteen Colonies declared their independence from British rule, 70-year-old ...

We speak with Madelaine Drohan, senior fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International ...

Our Founding Fathers had some surprising drinking habits, and Benjamin Franklin was no different. The author, who once said that wine is "a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us ...

But for all of us, today it’s mostly about big business coming to town. The Park Rapids Ben Franklin is one of my favorite stores. I’m a frequent shopper, either for some cool fabric or some ...

(Book cover courtesy Farrar, Straus and Giroux; author photo courtesy Saffron Sener) The winter of 1740-41 was exceptionally cold and Benjamin Franklin, then a humble Philadelphia printer ...