There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

While third-party grading services and their population reports have helped collectors gauge rarity, the costs of grading have influenced which coins get submitted—introducing biases that numismatists ...

When the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia, Virginia’s signers, in addition to Jefferson, were George Wythe, 50; Richard Henry Lee, 44; Benjamin Harrison, 50; Thomas Nelson, Jr., ...

The fourth thing is that the 15 “signers” may not have actually signed it ... Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison and Edmund Pendleton. The writers apologize for their lateness, assert ...

His great-great-great grandfather, yet another Benjamin Harrison, signed the Declaration of Independence. Despite his distinguished heritage, Harrison once told an interviewer, “You can’t live on ...

The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site has opened a powerful new exhibit, “Unconventional,” which explores the impact of three key civic leaders during the Harrison era: Frederick Douglass, May ...

Portraits of Andrew Carnegie, May Wright Sewell and Frederick Douglass greet visitors to “Unconventional” at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis. The exhibition looks at ...

Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command. Judge J. Paul Oetken signed an order closing the ...

While the answers to this question are multifaceted, the wisdom of one of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, offer a roadmap for us today. Franklin was more than just a statesman ...

The man who executed the move, general manager Nico Harrison, has reportedly been subjected to death threats and racial epithets in its aftermath. Therefore he will not be in his normal seat in ...