After Finding Stolen Revolutionary War Firearms In Philadelphia Region, Officials Are Looking For More Missing Artifacts

By Laura Fay, CBS Philadelphia

April 15, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Several Revolutionary War-era firearms that were stolen decades ago have been returned, and the FBI is asking for help from the public to find even more missing artifacts.

The guns that have been found were returned during a repatriation ceremony at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution, according to the FBI. They were stolen during a string of thefts in and around Valley Forge Park in the 1960s and 1970s.

The artifacts' return followed a years-long, multi-agency investigation and recovery effort that included the FBI's Art Crime Team, the Department of Justice and the Upper Merion Township Police Department.

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