When negotiating peace after the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin wanted Britain to give Canada to the newly formed United States as compensation, author Madelaine Drohan says. (Credit: National ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Mississippi graduate history instructor Kelsa Pellettiere talked about Benjamin Franklin's role in France during the American ...

Most of us assume that warmth is what leads to generosity, rather than the other way around. It’s an intuitive order of events: we like people first and then choose to help them. However, according to ...

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 ...

The face of a founding father will soon be on display in a Middle Tennessee city that was named after him. King Charles III reveals major cancer update in rare message US sides with Russia and North ...

Benjamin Franklin Patten, 90, of Cobalt, beloved husband of 63 years to Rita Carson Patten, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, with his wife and daughter by his side at Hartford ...

The Franklin Institute will soon shutter a permanent exhibit dedicated to the history of flight. The museum said the "Franklin Air Show," known for its vintage aircraft and interactive games, will ...

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, ...

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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.