Those first stamps made it easier than ever to communicate, but early on people weren't quite sure how to use them.
Chief curator of philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum Daniel Piazza talks about the significance of the first ...
This Saturday, Jan. 17, marks Benjamin Franklin’s birthday — his 320th, as a matter of fact! He was born in Boston in 1706 ...
The city, founded 227 years ago, is finally getting a statue of founding father Benjamin Franklin. In celebration of his ...
On January 14, 1784, the Second Continental Congress ratified the decisive Treaty of Paris—the binding accord that ended the Revolutionary War, secured ...