It's not all about the Benjamin

Before there was New York vs. Boston, there was Boston vs. Philadelphia, pitting the two dominant cities -- oversize villages, really -- of Colonial America against each other. Now the worry emerges: Is our old rival, the City of Brotherly Love, managing to out-love us, where our native son Benjamin Franklin is concerned? The ''Bencentennial" -- the 300th anniversary of ... (Full article: 645 words)

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