Long before it became a symbol of academic prestige, Harvard University was a frontline player in America’s fight for ...

While hunters and their rifles helped wage psychological warfare, the American victory can actually be attributed to ...

From forgotten buckles to a lost watch and a real musket ball—join the hunt and see what history we dig up! CNN Issues ...

Join us for part two of our metal detecting series as we continue the hunt for a lost military camp used by Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett in 1813. Deep in the Alabama woods, we’re unearthing relics ...

Chicago journalist Peter von Buol was in Honolulu last week, and I took him to Iolani Palace, where we met with historian and ...

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL TAKING PLACE 250 YEARS AGO TODAY. THIS. THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK AFTER THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. THIS WAS REALLY THE DAY THAT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION KICKED OFF. THE BATTLE ...

They were musket balls used at the outset of the American Revolution, the National Park Service said in July. The ammunition had gone undetected for centuries near the North Bridge, where colonist ...

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." ...

The musket ball findings came as archaeologists surveyed the park to ensure that a $27.4 million maintenance project, preparing for next year’s 250th anniversary of the Revolution, would not ...

Musket balls were previously found in the historic park of about 1,000 acres outside Boston, which marks a series of opening battles of the American Revolution.