Musket balls found near famed Revolutionary War bridge tied to ‘Shot Heard Round the World’

Archaeologists found a handful of musket balls near a famed Revolutionary War bridge in Massachusetts — and they were likely fired by a colonial militia during a skirmish that later inspired the legendary phrase, “The Shot Heard Round the World.” The five bullets — which range from the size of a pea to the size of a marble — have survived the centuries buried in the dirt near the North Bridge in the Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, according to the New York Times. An analysis of...