At Fort Ticonderoga, a centuries-old weapon is put through a modern test. Using ballistic gel, a slow-motion camera and a chronograph, experts investigate the true power of the British “Brown Bess” ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The British Short Land Pattern Musket ...

Archaeologists recently discovered five musket balls at Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts and traced them back to the event marked in history as “the Shot Heard ’Round the World,” ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Committee of Safety rifles were ...

The five musket balls were found near the Concord River in Massachusetts, just under 20 miles northwest of Boston. National Park Service Five musket balls fired by colonial militiamen during one of ...