Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Biographer Stacy Schiff talked about her early life including her family, education, and experience in publishing. In this lesson, students will view ...

The Philadelphian came to see that the ideals he championed — liberty, self-determination, human dignity — could not coexist ...

History of Daylight Savings We change clocks behind an hour or "fall back" at 2 am ET Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. DST starts, "spring forward," March 8, 2026.

The secret meetings took place in December 1775 at Carpenters' Hall and helped lead to a critical supply of ammunitions and ...

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 Franklin. Burns was ...

Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t like how she's characterized in a new biography about her, even though she says she hasn’t read it.

The most widely traveled American of his time, the founding father learned a thing or two along the way. American statesman Benjamin Franklin crossed the Atlantic eight times in his long life. This ...

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.

KENNEBUNKPORT – Benjamin Franklin Stephens III, known to many as Dad, Daddy-O, Husband, Grandpop, Pop Pop, Benny Boy, brother, uncle, and … KENNEBUNKPORT – Benjamin Franklin Stephens III, known to ...

APALACHICOLA, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - It’s been 238 years since the U.S. Constitution was signed, and Florida marked the milestone with a new monument honoring one of the nation’s ...

Benjamin Franklin experimented with electricity on fowl. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis, courtesy of The Library of Congress In 1751 Benjamin Franklin planned an electrical ...

Massachusetts is drenched in history. You can't go much of anywhere in the commonwealth without running into America's first something or other. But not all firsts are created equal. Some are endowed ...