The site of the first skirmish of the seven-year-long French and Indian War has been verified after a four-week archaeological dig that involved multiple organizations found artifacts, including ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA - It’s a patriotic case, solved just in time for Independence Day thanks in part to the eagle eye of a firearms appraiser: A Revolutionary War-era musket is now in the hands of a museum ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Nearly 250 years ago, ...

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 ...

Almost 250 years ago, British soldiers marched in search of military supplies stockpiled by colonial rebels in Massachusetts and tension turned to bloodshed with battles at the towns of Lexington and ...

The American Revolution’s humble beginnings 250 years ago are reflected in a cut down, beat up, old musket — one that even experts recognize isn’t much to look at. “If that gun was on a table, ...

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 ...