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Jack Nicklaus joins Bobby Jones, Ben Franklin – yes, that Ben Franklin! – as the only Americans granted honorary citizenship from St. Andrews

Nicklaus won two of his British Open titles at The Old Course and played eight Opens in all there.

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Commentary: Let’s replace cancel culture with a culture of honesty

Upon leaving the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin told his fellow citizens that it had produced “a Republic, if you can keep it.” His answer contained a warning that still resonates. The continued success of America’s journey depends on our ability to settle our domestic political disagreements through dialogue rather than…

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Fourth of July 2023: Which three US presidents died on Independence Day?

US celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence and remembers the Founding Fathers who made it possible

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Fourth of July 2022: What is the history behind America’s biggest national holiday?

Family barbecues, fireworks and baseball games traditionally held every year to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence

The Independent UK

10 Weirdest Facts About The American Revolution: Jefferson, Betsy Ross And The Ethiopian Regiment

In the classic movie “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” one of the characters offers the statement “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

Benzinga

You've seen the Stranger Things version, but what went on at the infamous historical Hellfire Club?

Stranger Thing's Hellfire Club is mainly made up of the school's "losers" and outcasts — but the original 18th century version was much more racy, writes Esmé Louise James.

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Pornography, the devil and baboons in fancy dress: what went on at the infamous historical Hellfire Club

After a month of waiting, the season finale of Stranger Things season 4 has almost arrived on Netflix. This season, along with the nightmarish arch-villain Vecna, we have been introduced to “the Hellfire Club” – the Dungeons and Dragons club of Hawkins high school.

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Bethany Firth targeting Commonwealth Games 'first' in Birmingham

“To win a Commonwealth Games medal would give me the whole collection."

Belfast Live

25 unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson

Apparently the third president harvested opium and had a pet mockingbird named Dick

Salon

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

The founding father who keeps popping up (but was cut from “Hamilton”) is arguably our true national treasure

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Ken Burns on the flawed Ben Franklin

PBS' two-part documentary shows our country's most relatable Founding Father – statesman, inventor ... rascal

Salon

Ben Franklin was the most famous American of his era. Ken Burns' new doc shows why

If we are reckoning by money, Benjamin Franklin — the man on the $100 bill — is 20 times as important as Abraham Lincoln, 100 times as important as George Washington and 10 times as important as Alexander Hamilton, notwithstanding "Hamilton." This is bad math, of course, because there is…

Los Angeles Times

‘There are times when I feel lonely’: Elon Musk opens up in interview that touches on personal life

The Tesla founder shared his thoughts on Putin, Benjamin Franklin and why the US’s ‘ancient leadership’ showed humans shouldn’t live forever in new interview

The Independent UK

When do the clocks change in the UK – and what started the annual ritual?

British Summer Time begins again at 1.00am on Sunday 27 March, with the nation losing an hour of potential lie-in

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Clocks going forward has nothing to with farmers - it's about saving money

Idea is said to have been first proposed by American scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin in 1784

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Why France helped the Founding Fathers

Benjamin Franklin knew how to exploit France's snuff craze to get the funds and weapons the Continental Army needed

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Financial Advice from America's Founding Fathers

Kiplinger presents timeless personal finance wisdom from the Founding Fathers, echoing much of our own advice.

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