Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790. He penned the inscription that would eventually appear at his Christ Church ...

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 ...

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New ...

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

After all, who writes a book about himself? In his “Autobiography,” Benjamin Franklin admits he, like most older people, indulges the inclination to talk of oneself. But he claims to be ...

In 2015, with the eyes of the world on the United States for the historic visit of Pope Francis, Wyoming Valley native Bob ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. Here’s a look back at his historic Philly visit as part of the World Meeting of Families.

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

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Benjamin Franklin Britt was an American painter who was born in 1923. How much ...