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Laney Contemporary has staged Visitor, an exhibit of 16 new mixed media works by Franklin at her Brutalist westside gallery, ...
The Ben Franklin store in Bethel has become a canvas for a mural honoring local heroes, including the owner's two sons who serve as a firefighter and in the military.
Franklin Public Library reference librarian Vicki Earls conducted loads of research into this literary origin story. The saga began when Benjamin Franklin was in France on a diplomatic mission.
Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War with his unadorned clothes and speech, quick wit, and ...
John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, Boston’s starring founders, couldn’t stand each other.
As America enters the second Trump era, these 6 Benjamin Franklin lessons offer a roadmap for healing America’s divisions.
Would Franklin regret what he did? EW: Yes, he did write many spoofs but, in Franklin style, I respectfully disagree with your premise. Franklin’s parodies were very different from fake news.
In the concluding chapter of “Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist,” Richard Munson summarizes the many Franklins that have been offered up to the reading public over the years.
A new biography of Franklin, titled Ingenious, dispels some of the misunderstandings about that experiment and about Franklin’s science more broadly.
Collectibles An Ultra-Rare Letter Bearing Benjamin Franklin’s Coded Signature Is Up for Sale The marking may have been a snub at the King of England.
5 lessons Benjamin Franklin taught me about traveling well The most widely traveled American of his time, the founding father learned a thing or two along the way.