Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

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 ...

Bells ringing out a familiar sound accompanied by a familiar face— Benjamin Franklin, who is no stranger to the City of Brotherly Love. But during this holiday season, this Ben is also stepping ...