Quote of the day by Benjamin Franklin focuses on the importance of learning, knowledge and personal growth. The quote, “We ...

Benjamin Franklin’s quote “Well done is better than well said” shows why action, execution and credibility matter more than promises.

When Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States throughout 2026, names like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams are bound to come up. While those ...

You know him for his roles in "Vampire's Kiss," "National Treasure," and "Con Air." Now he has a new name.

A new exhibit called “Hidden Treasures” shines a light on the 250 year cultural dialogue between France and the U.S. through ...

A prodigy and exception, William Pitt the Younger was Britain's youngest ever Prime Minister. On this day in 1759, he was ...

Immigrants have fought for America's founding promise because they understood it, not because they inherited it.

When Arian Reed, a founder of an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm built by and for women of color, became a queen in Africa ...

America is, as Gorsuch said, a nation based on the ideas of the Declaration of Independence, and these ideas have persuaded ...

Benjamin Smith was a Revolutionary War figure and North Carolina governor with deep ties to Brunswick County. Smith hosted ...

Legacy is a word that gets used so loosely these days it’s nearly meaningless. People talk about their “personal legacy” in ...

No memorial honors Theodore Sedgwick, a founding father from the Berkshires. Only his gravestone — the patriarchal center of his family’s peculiar circular cemetery plot, the “Pie,” in Stockbridge ...