American officer Benedict Arnold met in secret with British Major John Andre on Sept. 21, 1780, with a plot to trade the American stronghold at West Point for cash amid the American Revolution.

The spotlighted guest was Benedict Arnold, played by an interpreter, who in January 1781 led a force of soldiers through Chimborazo and into Richmond, which was a much smaller village of around ...

On Jan. 5, 1781, 800 British Soldiers raided Richmond by climbing onto Chimbarazo Hill. ... Remembering Benedict Arnold's raid on Richmond, a little-known piece of Revolutionary War history ...

On Sept. 6, 1781, he led a force that attacked and burned New London and captured a lightly defended fort across the Thames River in Groton. ... New London's Burning Benedict Arnold Festival, ...

NEW LONDON, Conn. — A month before the British surrender at Yorktown ended major fighting during the American Revolution, the traitor Benedict Arnold led a force of Redcoats on a last raid in ...

New London, Conn., has never forgiven Benedict Arnold for his Revolutionary War treason — and for burning their city. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from New London, Conn. Connecticut, 1781. New ...

The Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival is celebrated annually in New London, Connecticut. AP “This project and specifically the reaction, the sort of hunger for its return, has been huge and ...

In Jan. 1781, he led troops into Richmond for a raid. “Arnold led British and Hessian troops in capturing the town, driving American militia off the hill where the Chimborazo Medical Museum now ...

New London Mayor Michael E. Passero lights an effigy of Benedict Arnold as guns fire during the annual Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in New London, Conn. The ...

A man on stilts dressed as the Devil stands outside the New London Fire Department during the annual Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in New London, Conn.

NEW LONDON, Conn. — A month before the British surrender at Yorktown ended major fighting during the American Revolution, the traitor Benedict Arnold led a force of Redcoats on a last raid in ...