LAFAYETTE — To the casual observer, Tippecanoe County Historical Association's rare musket — its stock broken and crudely repaired — looks like just an ordinary old gun you might see hanging on the ...

CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first ...

CONCORD, Mass. - Archeologists with the National Park Service made a remarkable discovery after finding musket balls fired during one of the first battles in the Revolutionary War. An examination of ...

BOSTON (WCVB) – A historic discovery in Massachusetts has been unearthed. Musket balls fired during the battle featuring “the shot heard around the world” have been recovered. Boston is a town steeped ...

The musket that fired the first shot at the Battle of Bunker Hill is for sale at an auction with a starting price of $50,000. On June 17, 1775, colonial militia camped on Breed’s Hill outside Boston ...

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