This is every rifle the Marine Corps has issued to Marines in the service's 250-year history, from muskets to M4s.

The rifle carried by the US Marine Corps has evolved significantly, and it has come a long way from the Brown Bess and Charleville muskets used 250 years ago, but the role of those carrying it hasn’t ...

The bullet holes in the bedrooms and stairs at the Jason Russell House are a testament to a past that isn’t fully recognized ...

CONCORD, Mass. - 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 ...

Museum curator Nikki Walsh holds up two Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to be fired at the British by colonial militia men during one of the war’s first battles, at Minute Man ...

Archeologists with the National Park Service say they have found musket balls that date back nearly 250 years and were fired during one of the first battles in the Revolutionary War.

Holiday revelers say there’s no other place they’d rather be to celebrate America’s 249th birthday than Boston, coming out ...

These five pieces of ammo aren’t the first Revolutionary War musket balls to be unearthed in Minute Man National Historical Park: About ten years ago, 30 or so were discovered at Parker’s ...

After that first shot rang out, she said, it was chaos. “His father gets shot and killed. His cousin, who’s right next to him, Ebenezer, gets shot and injured. He watched Jonas Parker, who was a ...

The musket balls have attracted intense interest from history buffs and tourists, with about 800 journeying to the park's visitor center over the weekend to get a first glimpse.

The musket balls have attracted intense interest from history buffs and tourists, with about 800 journeying to the park's visitor center over the weekend to get a first glimpse.