In 1776, Thomas Paine's Common Sense dismantled the moral and political foundations of British rule and argued persuasively ...

The U.S. military has gone through many changes in the 250 years since the modern United States was born, with more sure to ...

Last week, members of the 54-year-old regiment gathered in Greenwich where they made camp and prepared for battle in front of ...

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 ...

Living historians’ have stepped back into the spotlight as US prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial this week ...

HALIFAX, N.C. (AP) — With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around ...

Tula, once the greatest iron and metal works centre of Eastern Europe, is renowned across Russia for being the place from which Russian armaments, from blades and muskets to Kalashnikov assault rifles ...