A tour of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site with the museum's curator, Alex MacKenzie. The Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts was established under the administration of Goerge Washington to store and later manufacture arms from 1777 until its closing in 1968. It reopened in 1978 and houses one of the world's largest historic American military small arms collections. Learn more about the Springfield Armory at https://www.nps.gov/spar/index.htm Find more historic sites a