Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, 320 years ago. In recent days, I discovered Ken Burns’s two episodes on Benjamin Franklin that aired in April 2022 on PBS.

It’s 2026, and we’re celebrating America’s 250th birthday, but a couple of our Founding Fathers have celebrations on tap — ...

Today, we celebrate the towering life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin—printer and philosopher, inventor and diplomat, public ...

This Saturday, Jan. 17, marks Benjamin Franklin’s birthday — his 320th, as a matter of fact! He was born in Boston in 1706 ...

"A Bison original."--Back cover. The inventor, the ladies' man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less ...

Michael Douglas is taking on the role of a founding father in his upcoming miniseries, Franklin. The eight-episode Apple TV+ series, which premieres April 12, focuses on Benjamin Franklin's time in ...

Founded 227 years ago, the city of Franklin is finally getting a statue of its namesake, Ben Franklin.

Allendale has renamed Franklin Turnpike without actually changing the name, as a way to 'right a wrong.' ...

Lots of 18th-century philosophies have become extremely dated since America achieved independence, but one founding father's ...