Mark Skousen launch.jpeg width=225 height=300 style=max-width: 100%; height: auto; /> Dr. Mark Skousen Calls on Ameri ...

In 1775, life went on normally for most though a revolution was coming. Columnist joe Holley says Americans today have a duty ...

We can’t just sit on our hands and simply take advantage of our nation’s many blessings, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.

The committee assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence, from left: Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin ...

This year, the federal holiday will be observed on Friday. Here are some happy US Independence Day 2025 wishes, images, ...

Thousands march in Philadelphia to protest the Trump administration. Our reporters and photographers are at the scene.

NORRISTOWN — The Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania recently announced the authority will invest an additional ...

These images represent an open letter to the city and the generations of people who have called it home. I had the pleasure of talking to him and discussing the image A New, New York, Dawn – a Dutch ...

Crowds pack the Ben Franklin Parkway n Philadelphia on Sept. 27, 2015, awaiting Pope Francis’ Mass. (Chris Shipley/The Morning Call) ...

Ben Franklin and John Adams did not. Twenty-nine years older, Franklin was already a fixture on the American scene when Adams entered Harvard for the education Franklin’s family could not afford.

In 1877, the Ben Franklin business began as a mail-order wholesaler, selling general store items. The company began the retail chain in 1927. At Ben Franklin's peak, there were 2,500 stores.

Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment, which revealed lightning’s electric nature, is more nuanced than commonly depicted, a new book explains. FPG/The Image Bank/Getty Images Plus ...