The powder horn is adorned with ornate carvings that date from the French & Indian Wars The horn was a presentation piece by a British soldier to a member of the Iroquois Confederacy A soldier, John ...

A Berkshire Eagle reader presented a mystery: What did his ancestor carve on a powder horn in 1776? Before we consider what Benjamin Markham, of Tyringham, carved, we might clear up two other ...

The decorative artistry and intricate carvings on this Revolutionary War powder horn aren’t the only things that make it special. The horn was owned by African-American soldier Gershom Prince and ...

They were convenient and functional, the Colonial grunt’s answer to the European soldier’s manufactured cartridge box. But through years of encampments, marches and battles, some of these hollowed ...

The Dritt Mansion along the Susquehanna River at Long Level was the site of a lecture on the story behind the Revolutionary War powder horn of Captain Jacob Dritt. Last week’s lecture was part of the ...

The convergence of history, culture, memory and legacy was clear to the handful of people gathered in the secured basement of the Museum of the American Revolution. On a small velvet pillow sat the ...

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CONCORD — In 1775 Massachusetts, amid growing tensions with England, patriot and minuteman Willard Buttrick, like most minutemen and militia men, was required to carry several accoutrements to be ...

Editor's note: This is story #90 in a Monday through Saturday series on 100 interesting artifacts found at Dover's Woodman Museum, in celebration of its 100th season ...

Appraisal: Revolutionary War Powder Horn, from Vintage Las Vegas. Check out William Guthman's appraisal of a Revolutionary War powder horn, in Vintage Las Vegas. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is ...

Likely made from a cow’s horn, this Revolutionary War era gunpowder holder belonged to patriot fighter Prince Simbo. NMAAHC Perhaps nothing demonstrates the American story more provocatively than an ...