armory

Six weeks earlier, Brown had raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, in what was then Virginia, aiming to foment a slave insurrection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

His band quickly took control of a federal armory and rifle factory in the sleeping town of Harpers Ferry.

From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026

Four current exhibitions in particular make a perfect walking tour on the way to the fair or after attending it, and they are all within a 10-minute walk of the armory, and each other.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

He was the man who, in 1859, led his sons and fellow abolitionists, Black and white, on a raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia, now in West Virginia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

Figures in Roman armor emerged from the barracks, the principia, the armory, and the canteen, but they weren’t human.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

However, the concept took root in U.S. armories, ensuring a broken rifle required only a spare part rather than a skilled gunsmith.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The mobilized Marines and National Guard troops “will be stationed all across Los Angeles ... that includes Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and a number of National Guard armories across the city,” Guillot said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

Following Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine, France was among countries that quickly released weapons from its own armories to help shore up Ukrainian defenses.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

As water drained from the dam and flooded a 50-mile stretch of the Dnieper, Ukrainian territory along the western banks was swallowed up wholesale—farms, gas stations, land mines, armories, factories, houses, railroad tracks, forests.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2023

From pole to pole, IOI-1 was covered with armories, bunkers, warehouses, and vehicle hangars.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline