A local group known as Silence Dogood is confronting President Trump’s border czar and others with historic light displays.

Under the pseudonym "Silence Dogood," a group of artists projected a series of anti-tyranny messages onto the Old State House in Boston Tuesday. Diane Dwyer/Handout. By Abby Patkin.

Silence Dogood started last month with a projection at the Old State House responding to border czar Tom Homan’s comments about “bringing hell” to the city. The visual protests have grown ...

Borrowing the pseudonym “Silence Dogood,” the pen name a young Benjamin Franklin used, the group gave a nod to Boston’s revolutionary roots with messages like, “We have a good track record ...

Silence Dogood’s Projections. Photo by Mike Ritter. Armed with high-powered projectors and Samuel Adams’s revolutionary spirit, the shadowy collective Silence Dogood has turned Boston’s most ...

Silence Dogood's first letter ran in the New England Courant on April 2, 1772. She (or he) was actually teenage Benjamin Franklin.

A quote-meme was shared on Facebook that claimed Franklin once talked about the importance of "freedom of thought" and "freedom of speech." Allow us to introduce you to Silence Dogood.

Silence Dogood . Ben Franklin knew all about faking it 'til you make it. At the age of 16, he apprenticed at his older brother's Boston print shop, publisher of The New-England Courant.

If that name sounds improbable, well, that’s because it’s made up: Silence Dogood — like Martha Careful, Busy Body, Alice Addertongue and Polly Baker — were all Benjamin Franklin, writes PBS.

This letter on free speech, written by Benjamin Franklin under the pen-name Silence Dogood, was published in The New England Courant on July 9, 1722.