Most important, Washington established the presidency as the central power of the executive branch. He carefully maintained ...

Siblings Benjamin Franklin Pepper Jr. and Holly White still ... their ancestor was included in the festivities. “The ...

Getty Images The polymath and statesman Benjamin Franklin, depicted here conducting ... Lay also planted an apple tree and cultivated potatoes, squash, radishes and melons. Lay's favourite meal ...

A single flash of lightning contains an immense amount of energy. Learn exactly how much, plus whether lightning can be ...

It produced silver threepences, sixpences, and shillings adorned with pine tree symbols until it was compelled to ... The advantages of this innovation were obvious to Benjamin Franklin, who published ...

A museum in Virginia has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children ...

Leading up to the 1998 execution of ax murderer Karla Faye Tucker, there were repeated references to the fact that a woman had not been put to death in Texas since Nov. 12, 1863. Her name was Chipita ...

For the past two years, Colonial Williamsburg has stripped off the newer roof and wings of the Bray School and stabilized its ...

Robert Zemeckis's latest experiment is an embarrassing "Forrest Gump" reunion starring a CGI de-aged Tom Hanks and Robin ...

It's a "Forrest Gump" reunion in more ways than one, as Eric Roth co-writes an earnest Zemeckis experiment that spans many ...

The 'Forrest Gump' team reunite for the history of a patch of real estate, featuring dinosaurs, Ben Franklin, boomers and a lotta saccharine.

Stop by Rittenhouse Square, a tree-filled park in the southwest ... Other Historic District must-sees include the Benjamin Franklin house, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall – where the ...