Joel Bohy
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J. Bohy Historical Consulting
Douglas, MA
Featured Appraisal
14th Regiment Light Infantry Militia Cap
Biography
Joel Bohy is owner of J. Bohy Historical Consulting, and a frequent appraiser of Arms & Militaria on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow. He has also appeared on NOVA, History Hit, and American Rifleman TV, is an active member of the American Society of Arms Collectors, as well as the Company of Military Historians, The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, an instructor for Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archeologist, a technical advisor for American Veterans Archaeological Recovery as well as a consultant for the City of Boston Archaeology Program Bunker Hill project. He is the co-author of Bullet Strikes from the First Day of the American Revolution and material culture articles in Man at Arms for the Gun and Sword Collector magazine, American Rifleman magazine, Military Antique Collector, as well as other publications. Growing up in Concord, Massachusetts, helped lead to his passion for April 19, 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill, historic arms and militaria, conflict archaeology, historic arms, ballistics, and the study of bullet strikes from the first day of the American Revolution.
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