Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790. He penned the inscription that would eventually appear at his Christ Church ...

When the grounds were later renovated, his body was moved and his grave lost. Francis Folger Franklin, Benjamin and Deborah’s first child together, was born in 1732. His proud and doting parents ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

The program will then be followed by a public procession to Benjamin Franklin's grave. with a ticketed luncheon held at the Museum of the American Revolution (101 S. 3rd Street) which includes a ...