Principal Brett Umbenhouer warmly welcomed guest speaker Patrick McBride to Liberty-Curtin Elementary School, or as the kids knew him, Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was one of several ...

Humor has a way of transcending time. While historical figures are often remembered for their serious achievements, many of ...

In the summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to help define a new nation — even as his own life embodied ...

Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends Sunday, November 2, and clocks will fall back one hour. Subsequently, 4 p.m. sunsets begin next week.

Philadelphia — known as America’s birthplace — is preparing to take center stage in 2026 as the United States celebrates its ...

But it took the advocacy of a Kent builder called William Willett to build enough momentum to put it into motion. Apparently, ...

They couldn’t have known the film’s dreamlike, mist-filled forest — rendered in soft washes of color, so different from ...

MIT’s emphasis on invention and entrepreneurship drives breakthroughs ... and law — embodying founder Benjamin Franklin’s vision of practical knowledge for societal progress. A Broader Academic ...

Stacker turned back the clock to investigate the history behind daylight saving time—and why some people argue it shouldn't ...

Thanksgiving is now only four weeks away. It's that time of year when people start thinking about putting up Christmas decorations -- or at least stop feeling guilty about not taking last year's down.

Eyeglasses sit on millions of noses every single day, correcting vision and finishing off outfits. Most people don’t think twice about them. But the story of how these frames ended up perched on our ...

Thompson established a school in Munich, Germany in 1790 called the Poor People’s Institute, which provided food for children while they were in school. The first school meals program funded by a ...