Benjamin Franklin

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 10 June

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1752, Ben Franklin conducted an experiment which has grown into legend. Franklin hypothesized that lightning was a form of electricity. His method of proving this was originally church steeple but he then opted to go fly a kite.

June 10, 2015 7

Founders Corner

Richard Henry Lee’s Resolution, Catalyst for Declaration Of Independence

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – On the 7th of June 1776, ladies and gentlemen, not the 4th of July -- that’s the consummation of the act. The 4th of July 1776 never happens without Richard Henry Lee and the 7th of June. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…

June 5, 2015 22

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 9 May 2013

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1754, Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette.

May 9, 2015 10

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 11 February

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. In 1768 on this day, Samuel Adams penned a letter entitled “Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768.”

February 11, 2015 10

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 25 January

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. In 1787 on this day, Captain Daniel Shays and 2,000 of his fellow farmers launched an attack on the arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts.

January 25, 2015 11

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 19 July

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 19 July In 1848 on this day, the Seneca Falls Convention began. This was the first women’s rights convention, conceived of and organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The two women had gone to London to attend the World Anti-Slavery Convention but were refused seats because they were female. The convention was called “to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition […]

July 19, 2014 7

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 23 May

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 23 May In 1788 on this day, South Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the eighth state to join the Union. 1 In 1774, in defiance of British Parliament’s closing of the port of Boston, the citizens of Chestertown, Maryland convened a meeting and constructed a resolution which forbade importing, selling, or consuming tea in Chestertown. Legend has it that the citizens gathered […]

May 23, 2014 4

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 2 May

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1775, Benjamin Franklin concluded his first scientific study of the Gulf Stream.

May 2, 2014 15

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 11 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in 1794, that of Edward Everett.

April 11, 2014 10