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Today the largest collection of historic military firearms in the country is actually under the care of the National Parks Service (NPS), which oversees the Springfield Armory, the United State’s ...

It's a 3-inch-wide metal rectangle depicting a silver 1795 model Springfield Arsenal musket on a light blue background, and for the U.S. Army's infantrymen it symbolizes a soldier's soldier. Those who ...