This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent French Court, and Franklin crafted his appearance knowing that it was a ...

A tourist's video of a python on the Ben Franklin Parkway is making the rounds on social media. Tourist Nini Adanaia recorded a video in late March. While they kept a distance, a wedding party ...

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most prominent figures of American history. There was little that Franklin couldn’t do. The polymath was born into a modest family in 1706 and despite only two years of ...

Those coins permanently replaced the Benjamin Franklin 50-cent pieces, thus limiting the supply of the Franklin half dollars and contributing to current values that run into six figures.

Ms. Schiff, the author of “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,” is at work on a book about Benjamin Franklin. President Trump’s creepy remarks about Canada as “our cherished 51st state” may ...

Founding father Benjamin Franklin is currently on every $100 bill. Gill joins a long list of Republicans seeking to honor Trump. On Feb. 14, Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-New York) introduced a bill to ...

Bullish - Video Benjamin Franklin: Invention, Reading & the American Spirit Posted: March 27, 2025 | Last updated: March 27, 2025 The film explores the difference between a good reader and a ...

“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 ...

IN A PREFACE to this monumental biography Conrad Black pays tribute to his publisher's editor, William Whitworth. Their dealings, he tells us, were often abrasive, and conducted entirely by e-mail. He ...

"He was very proud," he said of Franklin and how he passed gas. "He wrote a whole book about it, so I decided the opening episode." Michael Douglas Quips He's Playing 'Rascal' Benjamin Franklin ...

Today, the world is celebrating the birth anniversary of Benjamin Franklin. He was one of the founding fathers and the greatest thinkers of the United States of America. Franklin was a very versatile ...

as well as a bust and a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Trump's request had "startled" U.S. Ambassador Jamie McCourt, according to Bloomberg, though the official allowed Trump to take the artwork ...