One week after the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge will close to car traffic to ...

Benjamin Franklin was one of America's founding fathers as well as a scientist, statesman, author, printer, activist, postmaster, and diplomat. He is renowned for his discoveries and theories on ...

Guest Columnist Eric W. Orts questions how Benjamin Franklin would react to the American political landscape leading up to ...

On this day in history, June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew a kite during a thunderstorm, with the goal of collecting ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar — a container that could ...

Origins: Benjamin Franklin is one of those figures who was so ubiquitous during the American Revolution and the early history of the U.S. that many people incorrectly assume he once served as a U.S.

The Academy Award winner stars as founding father Benjamin Franklin in the new limited-series from Apple TV+ Julia Moore is a TV Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Franklin was curious about the world and he operated in it as a gentlemanly scientist. America’s Founding Father Benjamin Franklin was intellectually curious about the world and he operated in it as a ...

The Delaware River Port Authority will pay tribute to the span between Camden and Philly with live music and food trucks.