In 1775, life went on normally for most though a revolution was coming. Columnist joe Holley says Americans today have a duty ...

, home of the First Continental Congress. None other than Ben Franklin himself will join the Carpenters' Company, OLIN, Bartram's Garden, and the National Park Service to plant the two, six-foot ...

The U.S. postal system, under Benjamin Franklin's leadership, was created by the Second Continental Congress on July 26, 1775 — aiding communication during the American Revolution and beyond.

President-elect Donald Trump has long threatened to ax the nation’s mail agency, created in Independence Hall by the Second Continental Congress, and older than the nation itself.

And he designed the first currency of the Continental Congress in 1775, depicting 13 colonies as linked rings forming a circle, within which "We are one" was inscribed.

Benjamin Franklin has made a lasting impression on US currency — and not just as the face of the US$100 note. Franklin, a founding father of the United States, also developed clever anti ...