Rifle Demonstration: The "cursed, twisted guns"

…long rifles from the mountains of Virginia, I wanted; cursed, twisted guns, the most fatal widow and orphan makers in the world… shirt-tail men, the British came to call them. -Attributed to Benedict Arnold

In 1776, Williamsburg witnessed the formation of a new, uniquely American army. In the shadow of the Public Magazine, witness the riflemen of the 7th Virginia Regiment as they adapt their specialized hunting rifles for war. Experience the sounds and smells of revolution as the men train in the manual exercise, and prepare for the battles to come.