The city, founded 227 years ago, is finally getting a statue of founding father Benjamin Franklin. In celebration of his ...

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. The science behind the Ben Franklin Effect reveals why giving and receiving ...

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PHILADELPHIA – 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 ...

In Benjamin Franklin’s famous list of thirteen virtues toward personal perfection, he urges his readers to “Imitate Jesus and Socrates.” As a teacher, I try to live up to this call. We hear a lot ...

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.