Distinguished American combat officer Benedict Arnold met a British commander in secret with a plot to trade the colonial stronghold at West Point for cash on this day in history, Sept. 21, 1780. The ...

Was he a traitor or hero? A new book explores Benedict Arnold's place in history. The name Benedict Arnold is synonymous with being a traitor. That’s all most of us learned about him in school. We’ll ...

A conversation with Bill Leege, who in 1960 explored Lake Champlain for Benedict Arnold’s sunken flagship from the American Revolution ...

American history remains relentlessly unkind to Benedict Arnold, the notorious "turncoat" who abandoned the Continental Army and took up arms for the British in the Revolutionary War. But perhaps that ...

Benedict Arnold began the American Revolution as one of the nation’s boldest and most admired heroes. He was known for his ...

Benedict Arnold — the American Continental Army’s courageous, colorful and controversial major general — struts into army headquarters in Cohoes, near Albany, buttons and decorations on his uniform ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A trio of local filmmakers are challenging viewers to reconsider a historical figure whose name is synonymous with treason in their new cinematic documentary “Benedict Arnold: ...

Benedict Arnold, shown on the left concealing his plans in John André's boot, has become synonymous with treason but before he betrayed America, he saved it. Bettmann / Corbis “You have five minutes,” ...

You know you’ve truly become a historical villain when your very name becomes a negative epithet. That’s definitely the case for Benedict Arnold – a man whose name has become synonymous with betrayal ...

Richmond history is often aligned most significantly with the Civil War. It does, however, boast a history with events from the American Revolution and the Colonies’ separation from England. The ...

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