Of course Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph. At age 22 in 1728, his dark humor stronger than his sense of history, he ...

The Founding Fathers were a quiltwork of conflicting personalities. George Washington was dignified and coolly aloof. Thomas ...

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

Pope Francis came to Philadelphia in 2015 during his only visit to the United States, holding Mass on Benjamin Franklin ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

“You know,” he says to me. “You’re a clone of Benjamin Franklin. From the side.” I thank him. He walks off. Martha can’t stop laughing. Benjamin Franklin? Frankly, I don’t see the ...

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