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Nearly 250 years ago, militiamen fired a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first major Revolutionary War battles.
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.
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 ...
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National Park Service Five musket balls fired by colonial militiamen during one of the first battles of the American Revolution have been unearthed in Concord, Massachusetts.
Musket Balls Found in Massachusetts Recall ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ The discovery of ammunition from the 1700s has revived tales of fighting at the start of the Revolutionary War.
The latest evidence of a firefight is five musket balls dug up last year near the North Bridge site in the Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord.