Smithsonian Magazine2d
Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom Stopped the United States Post Office Department From Launching on This Day in 1792
The American Revolution cemented the importance of a federally protected post office in the minds of the people and ...
PBS1y
Biography: Benjamin Franklin
Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin ... Revolution was] that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and out sprung General Washington. That Franklin ...
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Ben Franklin Had A Strong Opinion About Mixing Beer And Work
Our Founding Fathers had some surprising drinking habits, and Benjamin Franklin was no different ... and rumor has it that George Washington tippled a potent party drink called Fish House Punch ...
The Heritage Foundation1mon
Who Were the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin, George Read, Roger Sherman, Robert Morris, George Clymer, and James Wilson. They were men of means and well educated. They had security, but valued liberty more and risked ...
Business Insider7y
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was related to 12 US presidents
An curved arrow pointing right. We recently came across a Snapple "real fact" that said US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was related to five US presidents by blood and six by marriage.