For the big birthday, Sentinel Star reporter Angela Jacobs found that Ben Franklin, John Adams and other notable names on the Declaration of Independence were celebrating in Orlando. Here’s her story ...

Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose latest book is “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.” In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and ...

O n June 21, 1776, Thomas Jefferson presented Benjamin Franklin and John Adams with his first complete draft of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin’s role at that critical hour — which marked ...

Benjamin Franklin and John Adams were two of America’s founding fathers, but they shared one complicated relationship, says historian Derek Maxfield. “They were both brilliant men and eager to help ...

Historian and journalist Walter Isaacson writes that the Declaration's second sentence 'defines an enduring mission.' ...

Aug. 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, a committee of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson suggested the United States adopt "E pluribus unum" -- "Out of many, one" -- as the ...