A musket blast caused red-coated regulars to shoot at colonists, officially marking the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Is Brown the one who pulled the trigger? Born in Lexington in 1755 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A storied Revolutionary War musket ball that was melted from a famously toppled statue of King George III has gone on display in Philadelphia. Experts believe that the ball is one of more than ...

And from the flintlock muskets used by the Continental Army in the American Revolution, to the M4 assault rifles carried by U.S. Army infantry units of today, weapons technology has evolved ...

After a deadly confrontation between British soldiers and Colonial rebels in Lexington in the early morning of April 19, 1775, the Redcoats advanced to Concord where they engaged in a gunfight ...