versus the cartridge fired by a British-issue Lee-Enfield, a standard weapon of World War I. “Revolutionary War Weapons” is about implements of destruction, but it’s about technology ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...

REVOLUTIONARY WAR WEAPONS uses modern technology to examine the military ... who created the technology as a way for the colonists to combat the British’s powerful naval fleet. Live demonstrations ...

In this situation, the British came up, run him through with the bayonet ... Bohy demonstrated all the steps in a new PBS NOVA documentary called “Revolutionary War Weapons,” starting with a paper ...

As the U.S. Army commemorates its 250th birthday, historic U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn stands as a visible link to the nation's ...

This week, the show travels back to the American Revolution to explore the science of the weapons used by all ... combat outposts in some of the Revolutionary War-era defenses tested by "NOVA." ...

Massachusetts was the site of various battles during the Revolutionary War ... these battles, British troops marched through Lexington and Concord in an attempt to seize weapons from the colonists.