At the beginning of the American Revolution, long before there were weapons of mass destruction, American Patriots faced British soldiers with relatively simple agents of personal destruction. When ...

From British muskets to today’s M27 IAR, weaponry has advanced while preserving the Marine ethos. “Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman.” That saying has been an unofficial motto of the ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This British musket was produced in ...