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 ...

Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations may be old-fashioned, but they are not traditional American.

“In America the law is king,” wrote Paine. “For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ...

Pope Francis' favorite painting was Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion." Here's what the Nazi-era artwork teaches about the ...

To mark 250 years since Paul Revere’s ride, a Boston art collective projected messages onto the city’s historic Old North ...

Washington loves a leaker. An “unidentified source” who’s willing to spill the beans and dish on his boss or colleagues.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. Here’s a look back at his historic Philly visit as part of the World Meeting of Families.

In 2015, with the eyes of the world on the United States for the historic visit of Pope Francis, Wyoming Valley native Bob ...

Pope Francis came to Philadelphia in 2015 during his only visit to the United States, holding Mass on Benjamin Franklin ...

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

Of course Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph. At age 22 in 1728, his dark humor stronger than his sense of history, he ...