Save the Date! Newburyport's Road to Revolution, Part V - Powder and Shot

Curious about what Newbury(port) soldiers carried into battle?

Join Joel Bohy, Revolutionary War weapons expert, for an exploration of the muskets, swords, and accouterments carried during the earliest days of the American Revolution, featuring notable items from the Museum of Old Newbury collection. Session concludes with a musket drill outside.

Joel Bohy is the director of Historic Arms & Militaria at Blackstone Valley Auctions and a frequent appraiser of Arms & Militaria on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, an active member of the American Society of Arms Collectors, the Company of Military Historians, The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, an instructor for Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archeologist, and an advisory board member of American Veterans Archaeological Recovery.

Funded, in part, by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism

Host or Publisher Museum of Old Newbury