Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The thick wool worn in the 1800s can make for a sweaty September. This year’s Colonial Market Days and Encampment in Lebanon were ...

Muskets will crack, cannons will roar, and indigo will take center stage as America’s colonial period and the Revolutionary Era come to life during Colonial Day at the Berkeley County Museum and Old ...

CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a WBUR report, five musket balls were unearthed near the North Bridge at Minute Man National Historical Park, marked as the site of the beginning of the ...

What do 18th century muskets have to do with allowing handguns in Connecticut state parks? It turns out, a lot. Testimony about Colonial-era gun laws dominated testimony on Tuesday, as a federal judge ...

Almost 250 years ago, British soldiers marched in search of military supplies stockpiled by colonial rebels in Massachusetts and tension turned to bloodshed with battles at the towns of Lexington and ...

Men dressed as Minutemen fire salute on Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, in April 1975, marking the 200th anniversary of the "shot heard round the world" and the start of the Revolutionary ...

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MACKINAW CITY, MI – Michigan’s Colonial Michilimackinac garrison is open for the season and has opportunities for guests to get their hands on history. Michilimackinac, at the base of Mackinac Bridge ...