The garden is part of Independence National Historical Park at the site of the home of Dr. Benjamin Rush, the father of American psychiatry and signer of the Declaration of Independence. The old ...

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 ...

The Benjamin Rush marker was unveiled Friday night at the corner of West High and North West streets in honor of the Dickinson College founder. The event was followed by a one-man first-person ...

Benjamin Rush was a patriot and a physician who led a colorful life of advocacy, politics, and medicine. His letters, among his contributions, give us a glimpse into cancer care in early America, ...

Benjamin Rush was a prominent physician, a social reformer, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. After studying medicine abroad at the University of Edinburgh, he returned to Philadelphia ...