This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent French Court, and Franklin crafted his appearance knowing that it was a ...

Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of America, wrote a hilarious satire about farts to criticise the ...

Michael Douglas is playing Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV + miniseries, "Franklin," and found similarities ...

Michael Douglas revealed why it was important for him to portray founding father Benjamin Franklin farting in Apple TV+'s new ...

Benjamin Franklin's only surviving residence, Number 36 Craven Street, London, opened its doors to the public on January 17, the 300th birthday of that most amiable and eccentric founding father.

The Founding Fathers were a quiltwork of conflicting personalities. George Washington was dignified and coolly aloof. Thomas ...

Two rare, extinct-in-the-wild trees named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin are on their way to Philadelphia’s Historic ...

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New ...

The 6-foot-tall Franklinia Alatamaha trees, better known as Franklin trees, will be planted at the historic building on ...