Highlights from the Jay T. Snider collection of Benjamin Franklin are on display at The Library Company of Philadelphia, before heading to auction at Sotheby’s.

In 1738, Benjamin Franklin wasn’t yet the revolutionary history remembers him to be. It had been 10 years since he had set up a printing house and nine since he began to publish the Pennsylvania ...

Inhabiting the persona of real historic figures requires more than a costume and a script. These interpreters bring history ...

Discover the origins of the C-note, its history in U.S. currency, and its evolution over time from historical slang to its ...

Pennsylvania Hospital, one of the nation’s oldest hospitals, is celebrating its remarkable 275-year history by opening a new ...

Presidents, explorers, nurses, generals, architects, scientists and plenty other notable figures stood arrayed in a rectangle at Ben Franklin Elementary/Middle School Thursday afternoon, waiting to ...

Google partners with the Trump administration to launch Making of the Nation, an immersive tech initiative spotlighting U.S.

Visitors to Pottsgrove Manor, the historic home of Pottstown founder John Potts, took a step back in time Saturday when the ...

What would the founding fathers say? You can’t write about American independence, especially this year, without fielding that ...

Lee D. Blumenthal delivers an electrifying novel that reimagines Benjamin Franklin in a futuristic conflict where ...

It's not perfect by any means, but the new Archives museum remains a fabulous advance in archival access for everyone.

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.