New Science
Friday, 7/3, 11:27 PM
Musket balls and a lost fort: archaeologists dig up new clues to the Battle of Bunker Hill
- As the United States marks 250 years since the Revolution, archaeologists in Boston have unearthed fresh physical evidence from one of its first great battles.
- A dig at the Bunker Hill site in Charlestown has turned up musket balls, part of a musket and the trace of a hastily dug fort — small objects that bring a famous 1775 clash into sharper, more human focus.