After going missing for more than 50 years, a firearm dating back to the Revolutionary War has been recovered and donated to a Philadelphia museum, the FBI says. The .78-caliber musket, which was ...

Last Updated on July 14, 2025 by Matt Staff The 1800s were a turning point in the history of firearms. As empires expanded and revolutions sparked around the… ...

The FBI helped return a Revolutionary War-era musket to a Philadelphia museum more than 50 years after it was stolen. The .78-caliber firearm was stolen from Valley Forge during a heist in 1968.

In fact, Stephenson said that he remembers, as a boy, reading about the American Revolution and seeing photos of this exact firearm in his youth. As retold by Stephenson, the musket -- which he ...