Archaeologists found musket balls from the Revoluntary War at the North Bridge in Concord, site of the skirmish that inspired the phrase, "The Shot Heard Round the World." ...

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 ...

National Park Service archaeologists unearth five musket balls in Concord, Massachusetts, tied to the American Revolution and connected to the "shot heard round the world." ...

The musket balls that were found ranged in caliber from .40 to .70 and show marks of rubbing, scrapes and gunpowder, indicating they were fired rather than dropped.

Local News Musket balls fired during ‘shot heard round the world’ battle found in Concord “It’s incredible that we can stand here and hold what amounts to just a few seconds of history ...

CONCORD, Mass. — Five musket balls that were fired during the event known as "The Shot Heard Round the World" on April 19, 1775, were recently discovered at Minute Man National Historical Park ...

The year’s most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost composition by Mozart and a medieval chess piece Cool Finds Meilan Solly ...

Five Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to be fired at the British by colonial militia men, are displayed at Minute Man National Historical Park, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Concord ...

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 ...

Two thick wooden beams inside a Massachusetts museum were pierced over the weekend by a musket ball fired from an antique weapon.Members of the 6th Middlesex County Regiment were practicing Sunday ...