Benjamin Franklin wasn't just a founder of the United States, he was also a writer, inventor, scientist, statesman, and a ...

The “Ben on the Bench” sculpture is set to be unveiled in Franklin on Benjamin Franklin’s 320th birthday as part of the ...

Benjamin Franklin, who passed away on April 17, 1790, has had a lasting impact on Jewish thought and practice. When Benjamin Franklin (born January 17, 1706) composed his autobiography, he included ...

Franklin originally wrote the quote in 1722. It was included in one of a series of letters that were published in his older brother James' newspaper, The New-England Courant. All of the letters were ...

Benjamin Franklin was arguably the most successful person who lived in colonial America. There are many lessons to learn from his biography, but the following nugget of wisdom about choosing ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — The likeness of a founding father will soon be on display in the city named for him. A statue of Benjamin Franklin is set to be unveiled in Franklin next month. While known as ...

In the year preceding his 1790 death, Benjamin Franklin bequeathed $2,000 each to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia to be invested in community philanthropic initiatives 200 years later. The claim ...

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 fly a ...