Benjamin Franklin never actually lobbied for the turkey to become the national bird, but he did write that the bald eagle was a fowl of "bad moral character" and ...

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 ...

After 23 years of business, the owners of the Ben Franklin Store, Barbara Henderson and her son, Patrick Doherty, are closing shop for good. Henderson and Doherty have owned the five-and-dime ...

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New England pantheon no two so cordially disliked each other, unless you ...

In this article, we are going to take a look at where Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) stands against other firms buck market slump on impressive earnings, new deals. The stock market ended the ...

Benjamin Franklin's iconic 1754 'Join or Die' snake cartoon, symbolizing the importance of unity, ... More offers timeless lessons for healing America's divisions in the Trump era. (Photo By ...

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is considered to have written many famed expressions, some legitimately and others without evidence. There is no documented evidence that Franklin ever made this ...

But what does that mean? Thinking about this, my mind turned to a recent book about Benjamin Franklin by journalist Eric Weiner, “Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and ...

In part because Benjamin Franklin ... Franklin’s work on the fundamental properties of electricity went far beyond the famous demonstration of the electric nature of lightning in his kite ...

Let’s talk about the kite and the lightning storm. In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated ...

Ben Franklin Transit bus drivers have a new boss, and he knows what it’s like to get behind the wheel. The BFT board of directors approved the hiring of a new CEO at a special called meeting on ...