Benjamin Franklin was born on Sunday, Jan. 17, 1706, in Boston, the son of Josiah Franklin and his second wife, Abiah. In all ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art took an emphatic tone in titling “Revolution!,” an exhibit commemorating a 250th anniversary that I probably need not spell out, and the result is emphatically good. The ...

Aaron Leaming was a member of the New Jersey Assembly for many years prior to the Revolutionary War, and his story is just one of many about Cape May County residents who had roles in helping the ...

One of the most thrilling, anchoring, humbling, inescapable aspects of traversing the streets of New Haven is to realize how ...

Whether you love remote tropical locales or once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounters, here are five places the New York Times ...

The 1976 celebration of USA's 200th anniversary included Tall Ships, the Independent Man, parades and a visit from the queen ...

Paine’s revolutionary assault on monarchy and aristocracy cleared the way for American independence a quarter century ...

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade!” ...

News of the disaster at Quebec on New Years slowly trickles south. On January 13, 1776, Major General Philip Schuyler writes to George Washington from Albany detailing his “melancholy account” of the ...

William Franklin was born in Philadelphia in 1730. His father was Benjamin Franklin. His mother was unknown. Ben brought ...

When the weather turns frightful, nothing beats a steamy bowl of nourishing New England clam chowder. From America’s oldest ...

A blockbuster storm system is headed to New England on Sunday that will blanket the region with double-digit jackpot snowfall ...