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 ...

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. (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 ...

Often overlooked, the French "Charleville" infantry musket was one of the most significant longarms of the 18th and 19th centuries and was integral to the success of the Continental Army during the ...

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Families and history buffs were transported back through four centuries Saturday at “When Duty Calls,” a military reenactment organized by the River Grove-based Chicagoland Combined Veterans Museum.