Benjamin Franklin stated at the Constitutional Convention: 'History furnishes one example of a first Magistrate being ...

Sometimes, the enemy was foreign. The British, trying to claw their rebellious colony back, burned the White House in 1814.

Your vote in this election will become part of a thread woven throughout America’s providential history stretching back to ...

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on this day in history, Jan. 17, 1706. He achieved fame in Philadelphia and won the ...

Benjamin Franklin helps craft the Declaration of Independence, wins French support for the American Revolution, and works on the U.S. Constitution. Benjamin Franklin premieres on PBS stations ...

A rare letter signed by three of the Founding Fathers of the United States is going on sale, and is expected to fetch up to ...

He’s right! Benjamin Franklin, as he exited what was the final meeting of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, was asked by a curious woman (Elizabeth Powel) what the men had created in there.

More than two centuries later, Benjamin Franklin’s wisdom remains relevant. “The Constitution, to me, is our best chance for ...

Voters are heading to the polls at a moment when honest, independent news coverage risks being drowned out by partisan voices ...

A letter signed by the three best-known Founding Fathers - John Adams, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson - is expected to ...

There is no such thing as a wasted vote. There is only a wasted opportunity if one doesn’t vote. Exercise your right to vote on Tuesday!