These tombstones were photographed at the Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. BENJAMIN                              ...

 This weathervane was photographed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A view of Carpenters Court, in front of Carpenters' Hall Carpenters...

 This weathervane was photographed from our hotel room window in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was our view from our hotel window, the Ma...

 This weathervane was photographed at the Legoland amusement park in Goshen, New York. Today's featured weathervane was spotted on a fam...

The Liberty Bell inside Independence Hall,  Philadelphia Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, 1974 Happy Fourth of July! These imag...

Every Wednesday for more than two years I've been posting photographs of weather vanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former ...

The Matthew Thornton homestead in Merrimack, NH is now a restaurant "The Common Man". It was formerly a restaurant called ...

Can you guess these two famous cousins of mine?  Both were named “Benjamin”. Both men grew up within twelve miles of each other, near ...

Matthew Thornton's gravesite at Merrimack, NH Fifteen or twenty years ago, when my daughter was in elementary school, we visited Ph...

A story for Juneteenth How did a runaway slave from Philadelphia come to New Hampshire? And why was she instantly recognized? Well, she be...

Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva The Duchess of Alba, the grandest grandee i...