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 ...

Archaeologists working at Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, unearthed a piece of American history tied to the "shot heard round the world." Five musket balls were ...

BOSTON (WCVB) – A historic discovery in Massachusetts has been unearthed. Musket balls fired during the battle featuring “the shot heard around the world” have been recovered. Boston is a town steeped ...

Museum curator Nikki Walsh holds up two Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to be fired at the British by colonial militia men, at Minute Man National Historical Park, Monday, July 15, ...