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“George Washington loved Benedict Arnold,” writes Kelly. “ [And] Arnold’s betrayal broke his heart.” More than 250 years later, Benedict Arnold’s name remains a byword for betrayal.
Lady Tilley Arnold isn't part of Quinn's novels, meaning she was created specifically for the show. When New's casting on the show was reported, Tilley was described as a "firebrand widow." ...
Trump’s 2024 election win partly relied on complaints over inflation, like skyrocketing egg prices. However, his tariff-focused strategy to protect American businesses may raise costs further by ...
Benedict Arnold started as a patriot and one who served our revolutionary efforts very well. However, Arnold became bitter when he felt that he had been snubbed for promotion and that others were ...
For most people, it’s Benedict Arnold. His name is nearly synonymous with treason for what he did after taking command of West Point on Aug. 3, 1780: he tried to sell out West Point to the British.
Such reticence is due to the fact that this illustrious anonymous warrior was Gen. Benedict Arnold, whose failed conspiracy to betray the Hudson Valley fortress of West Point to the British ...
His father, Captain Benedict Arnold, was a very well-to-do merchant. Young Benedict was sent to a small boarding school essentially to train him to go to Yale and become part of the American elite.
Benedict Arnold is the supreme hero/traitor of American history. Americans were in awe of his military exploits in the taking of Fort Ticonderoga, and as the spearhead of General Horatio Gates’s ...
A native son of Connecticut, General Benedict Arnold switched allegiance to the British crown in the middle of the American Revolution. His British troops burned New London to the ground in 1781.
PLATTSBURGH —This spring marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the patriots’ capture of Fort Ticonderoga led by Benedict Arnold. During the following year ...
Revolutionary War letters from Benedict Arnold and John Stevens were recently reunited at Fort Ticonderoga in New York, revealing insights about the fort's capture and early tensions.