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 ...

The musket balls were dug up in an area where British solders had formed to resist the militia unit as it crossed the river during the momentous battle from the outset of the Revolutionary War ...

The musket balls briefly went on display to the public last week, becoming a crowd favorite and lighting up the eyes of many kids, said Nikki Walsh, museum curator at Minute Man.

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." ...

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 in Concord ...

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 ...

The musket balls range in size, dating back almost 250 years, and were fired during one of the first battles in the Revolutionary War.

Almost 250 years ago, British soldiers marched in search of military supplies stockpiled by colonial rebels in Massachusetts and tension turned to bloodshed with battles at the towns of Lexington ...

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 ...

You wouldn’t want to be a melon—or a combatant—shot by a marble-size musket ball, and one needn’t be a gun enthusiast to get a charge out of this show, even if some information seems ...

Archaeologists recently found five musket balls fired in 1775 by colonial militia members in Concord, Massachusetts, the National Park Service says. National Park Service CNN — ...

Nearly 250 years later, archaeologists with the National Park Service in Concord said this month they have discovered five musket balls that were fired by militia fighters during the iconic battle ...