Revolutionary War-era boat buried for centuries is being rebuilt

(AP) — Workers digging at Manhattan’s World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers from a boat built during the Revolutionary War that had been buried more than two centuries earlier.

Now, more than 600 pieces from the 50-foot vessel are being painstakingly put back together at the New York State Museum.

After years on the water and centuries underground, the boa…