Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Margo Jefferson sits down with the debut novelist to discuss his literary mystery, from ...

The times are changing, so how best can we create a future for Canada Post? The mail carriers get to know their route and its people well. They could do checks on seniors or those in need and be the ...

The kites are a nod to Benjamin Franklin ... as a nod to Ben Franklin, and because having kites would allow us to have the kites provide horizontal interest, but have kite tails with vertical ...

Several events will include craft and retail vendors. Some highlights: The Keystone State Carving Event, The Institute's Kite Fly, CCT's "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and a kids' fishing rodeo.

The $100 bill has featured Benjamin Franklin ... Known for his kite experiment, he proved lightning was electricity and invented the lightning rod, bifocals and Franklin stove.

Most of us learned about Franklin the same time we learned about Betsy Ross: first grade. She sewed a flag, he flew a kite ... Benjamins flying from our wallets, it’s time to go a little further and ...

Historically Ben Franklin was a famous writer ... lightning was a form of electricity by tying a metal key to a kite and flying it in the sky till it was hit by lightning thus proving his theory.

In part because Benjamin Franklin had such a multifarious career ... demonstration of the electric nature of lightning in his kite-flying experiment. For his work on electricity, he was awarded ...

Let’s talk about the kite and the lightning storm. In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated ...

Isamu Noguchi submitted an idea for a work of art to honor Philly’s most famous resident, Benjamin Franklin. The submission was delivered in 1933 (some accounts say 1934) to a Philadelphia ...

Benjamin Franklin had an exceptionally close bond with his son—until the American Revolution pitted them against each other. Benjamin Franklin and his son William demonstrate the electrical ...

Benjamin Franklin performed a famous science experiment on this day, flying a kite during a storm. According to the story, Franklin was supposed to have flown a kite during a thunderstorm to ...