Just in time for Independence Day a stolen Revolutionary War musket has been found and put on display at the Museum of the American Revolution.
After being stolen in a 1968 burglary, a Revolutionary War musket has been recovered by the FBI and was returned to Philadelphia to be put on public display on MondayThat's what Scott Stephenson, the president and CEO of Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution, whispered as a rare musket was brought into his view on Monday morning.
As retold by Stephenson, the musket -- which he said was not the work of one manufacturer, but was instead an"amalgamation of parts" put together by a Revolutionary War soldier -- was stolen from the Valley Forge Historical Society in 1968. That list made its way into the hands of Joel Bohy, an appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow for arms and military items.
"The owner, who had purchased it in the 1960s, probably shortly after the theft, turned it over. He said 'oh my gosh, I had no idea'," Stephenson said."So, it was just amazing how it all came together."
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