Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial America’s leading editor and printer of novels, almanacs, soap wrappers, and everything in between Looming large on ...

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 fly a kite in a ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Benjamin Franklin Britt was an American painter who was born in 1923. How much ...

A painting of Franklin’s return to Philadelphia from Europe in 1785 shows him flanked by his son-in-law (in red), his daughter and Benjamin Bache (in blue), the grandson he’d taken to France ...

Of course Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph. At age 22 in 1728, his dark humor stronger than his sense of history, he penned the tomb inscription that would eventually appear at his grave site. ...

After skillfully snagging his lunch, this handsome great blue heron paused in quiet triumph, taking a moment to reflect before devouring his hard-earned catch near the Franklin Recreation Center.

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This beer menu isn’t just a list—it’s a passport to European brewing traditions that would make Benjamin Franklin abandon his kite experiment for a pint. Photo Credit: Austin Krug There’s something ...

Equity Group Holdings CEO James Mwangi has been awarded the prestigious Freedom of the City of London award, one of the world’s oldest and most respected civic honours The recognition places Mwangi ...

In state playoff action Friday, No. 10 Sulphur eliminated No. 23 Northshore 16-6 at home in a game shortened to six innings by the mercy rule.

Photo shows An elderly white man in a white gown and skull cap smiles as he waves in the direction of the camera.