FBI: 50 items stolen from museums in 5 states returned

Connecticut State Troopers will escort the rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver (visible in the bottom row with CT tag) back to its home state. A powderhorn (center right) dating to the French and Indian War was stolen from a Belchertown, Massachusetts, museum in the 1970s. Both were among dozens of artifacts stolen from several different American museums five decades ago that will soon be returned. Image courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
Connecticut State Troopers will escort the rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver (visible in the bottom row with CT tag) back to its home state. A powderhorn (center right) dating to the French and Indian War was stolen from a Belchertown, Massachusetts, museum in the 1970s. Both were among dozens of artifacts stolen from several different American museums five decades ago that will soon be returned. Image courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
Connecticut State Troopers will escort the rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver (visible in the bottom row with CT tag) back to its home state. A powderhorn (center right) dating to the French and Indian War was stolen from a Belchertown, Massachusetts, museum in the 1970s. Both are among dozens of artifacts stolen from several different American museums five decades ago that are being returned to their home institutions. Image courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Federal authorities say dozens of artifacts stolen in the 1970s from museums in several states and dating back as far as the French and Indian War have been returned to the institutions.

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