On the grounds of the present-day Alexandria, Va., courthouse, an interesting Model 1816 Springfield musket was found, muzzle-down, in an abandoned privy during archaeological studies prior to the ...

Archaeologists found a handful of musket balls near a famed Revolutionary War bridge in Massachusetts — and they were likely fired by a colonial militia during a skirmish that later inspired the ...

Muskets like the one Munroe fired became in short supply as the war picked up, and the colonists needed arms. Men aged 16 to 60 were required to have guns in order to serve in local militias, Bohy ...

Musket balls that started the American Revolution sat buried. Until now. “The last time somebody touched it they were shoving it down the muzzle of a musket on April 19, 1775,” a park ranger ...

Archaeologists working at Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, unearthed a piece of American history tied to the “shot heard round the world.” Five musket balls were ...