If seeing a musket turn a nice, ripe honeydew into fruit salad at 60 yards is your idea of fun, “Revolutionary War Weapons” may not be the show for you: What accomplishes the melon assassination in ...

The weapons that won American independence are the subject of a timely new episode of “Nova” that is set to air just days before the great date in American history when the Revolutionary War began.

Warfare isn't tidy. We can certainly look at the historical records for conflicts and make assumptions about the weapons used ...

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, ...

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Conservators at the Bureau of Archaeological Research’s Conservation Laboratory restored three muskets close to their original appearance. Florida Division of Historical Resources photo Two centuries ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Mechanical Arts & Numismatics Senior Curator Erik Goldstein provided a brief history of research into the weapons ...

Cannon, as it turns out, are a lot more difficult to fire than you'd think. (Courtesy of GBH/NOVA) Many readers may remember watching "NOVA" in middle school or high school science classes, and some ...

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 major ...

Revolutionary War reenactors line up outside St. Augustine Chapel and Cemetery in South Boston, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, before firing muskets during Evacuation Day commemorations marking the 250th ...