click image for close-up Like many of Charles Willson Peale's portraits, his 1783 oil painting of Benjamin Rush sought to portray the intellectual qualities and political sensibilities of the subject.

Dr. Benjamin Rush may not be a household name, but the young signatory of the Declaration of Independence lead a remarkable life. The Philadelphia native was a protégé of Benjamin Franklin, and ...

Among the remarkable individuals whose names are recorded as signers of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush has been mostly overlooked. Of course, he was a physician rather than a ...

Americans have celebrated Independence Day (Fourth of July) since, in 1776, colonists voted for independence from Britain. On July 4, 1776, that the Continental Congress formally adopted the ...

In late January of 1778, the darkest moment of the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Rush wrote to his young wife, Julia: “I thank you for your hint respecting G. Washington, and accept it as a new proof of ...

John Adams. George Washington. Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson. They're the Founding Fathers that every school kid knows by heart. But Benjamin Rush? Now that's not a name that rolls as easily ...

2018-12-08T17:30:29-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e84/20181208173529002_hd.jpgHistorian Harlow Giles Unger recalled the life of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of ...

Rush watched conditions in the general hospitals during the Valley Forge campaign, especially at Bethlehem and other Pennsylvania sites, and concluded structural flaws in the medical system, combined ...

On Friday, the Alamo unveiled a historic portrait of Benjamin “Rush” Milam just in time to commemorate the 189th anniversary of the Siege of Bexar, where Milam died. Kolby Lanham is the Senior ...