History Inventor, Publisher, Celebrity, Diplomat. Environmentalist? Inside Ben Franklin’s Battle Over Philadelphia Pollution Kyle Bagenstose sits down with journalist and historian Bill Kovarik to discuss the origins of American environmentalism and its connection to the nation’s trailblazing founding father
History Op-Ed: Our History Compels Us: We Stand United For A Free Press We join with hundreds of news organizations in defense of the free press, under dangerous attack by the President of the United States
Preservation Restoration Project Gives New Life To Ben Franklin’s Grave Benjamin Franklin’s tombstone gets some desperately needed TLC. Tyler Horst has the story
History How Franklin’s Grave Became A Monument And Philadelphians Were Persuaded To Like It Nearly 70 years after Benjamin Franklin’s death, public outcry demanding honor for the Founding Father transformed a battered, overgrown gravesite into a popular tourist destination. But the real story isn’t at all what we’ve been told. Join Mark Dixon as he uncovers truth and public deception behind the hole in the wall at Benjamin Franklin’s grave
Art & Design Benjamin Franklin Museum Opens This Weekend, Free Of Its Old Quirks The brand new Benjamin Franklin Museum opens on Saturday. Bicentennial baby Brad Maule finds the charm of its predecessor missing from the sleek new museum
History Something New In America: Serious Opera, 1757 It was a musical winter in Philadelphia, as students of the College of Philadelphia, including Francis Hopkinson, put on the “Mask of Alfred”
Preservation Third Regiment Armory Pinned Down In Legal Crossfire Stuck in a legal quagmire, the old Third Regiment Armory has been vacant for eight years–but help may be on the way
Development On Ben’s Birthday, We Have To Ask Taking inspiration from the patron saint of Philadelphia
