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‘Shot Heard Round the World’ musket balls recovered from site of famous first-day Revolutionary War battle - Boston News, Weather, Sports

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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

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  1. WHDH Boston

    ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ musket balls recovered from site of famous first-day Revolutionary War battle - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    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

  2. NBC News

    250-year-old musket balls from 'Shot Heard Round the World' discovered Massachusetts park (opens NBC News)

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    Five musket balls were recently discovered by archeologists at Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts, and traced back to the event marked in history as “The Shot Heard Round the World” that precipitated the American Revolutionary War in 1775, park officials said.

  3. Local News 8

    ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ musket balls recovered from site of famous first-day Revolutionary War battle (opens Local News 8)

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    By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — 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 Concord that began the Revolutionary War.

  4. WSVN Miami

    ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ musket balls recovered from site of famous first-day Revolutionary War battle - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    (CNN) — Almost 250 years ago, British soldiers marched in search of military supplies stockpiled by colonial rebels in Massachusetts and tension turned to bloodshed

  5. Boston

    Musket balls fired during ‘shot heard round the world’ battle found in Concord (opens Boston)

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    Five musket balls from the event known as “The Shot Heard Round the World” on April 19, 1775 were discovered by archeologists in Concord.

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