Franklin Parish

Franklin Parish was created on March 1, 1843, from portions of Ouachita, Catahoula, and Madison Parishes by Act 41 of the State Legislature sponsored by John Winn. Land for the centrally-located Parish Seat, "Winnsborough" was purchased in 1844 and the ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Makes a Whistle-stop in Olat

"I am glad to get into Kansas again..."

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ("FDR") told the audience in Syracuse, Kansas in 1936. The president was returning to Washington, D.C. after a campaign trip by train to Colorado. When he reached Olathe at ...

In Memory of Our Franklin County War Dead

Dedicated May 29, 1995

Memorial contains names of soldiers from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Marker is at the intersection of South Jefferson Street and Dinah Shore Boulevard (Tennessee Highway 16), on the left when traveling south on South Jefferson ...

In Memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

In Memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,

1882–1945.

In September, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called his friend, Supreme Court Justice Frankfurter, to the White House and asked the Justice to remember the wish he then expressed:

“If any memorial is ...

Franklin County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 25, 1784, is named for Benjamin Franklin, Revolutionary patriot and statesman. It was formed from lands obtained from the Indians by the Treaty of Augusta, 1783. Capt. James Terrell of the ...

Historical Franklin Springs

Site of first building owned by The Pentecostal Holiness Church to house Advocate Press, at a cost of $3,085.44. The building was dedicated by J. H. King, Aug. 2, 1919. At the cornerstone a list of donors, a Discipline of ...

State Police and the Benjamin Franklin School

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Looking Towards East Ridge from Governor Street, the four buildings on the hill have been an important part of Ridgefield's landscape for the last 100 years. On the left is the George Rockwell home, which, with the house ...

Charles Franklin Kettering

A pioneer in automotive innovation. Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958) was born three miles north of Loudonville. He attended local schools and graduated from Ohio State University in 1904. He organizaed the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) in 1909, which later ...

Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument

In Memoriam

B.F. Randolph

Late State Senator

for Orangeburg County,

and Chairman Republican

State Central Committee,

who died at Hodges Station

Abbeville County

at the hands of assassins

on Friday Oct. 13

A.D. 1868.

Marker can be reached from Frontage Road.

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Franklin Inn

Eighteenth century inn

possibly built 1750

One time home of Sea

Captain and privateer

Micajah Smith

Marker is on Mill Street, on the right when traveling south.

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