Two rare, extinct-in-the-wild trees named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin are on their way to Philadelphia’s Historic ...

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

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 ...