“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.

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.

By 1780, Benedict Arnold would have fully turned on America. His new loyalist bride connected him with the British and he hatched a plan to turn over West Point for £20,000.

Benedict Arnold: The story behind America's most notorious traitor. His name is synonymous with treason, but this cinematic documentary shows that Benedict Arnold’s heroic contributions to ...

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 ...

The prosecution of Benedict Arnold—a Washington favorite, an emblem of national authority and a friend to Philadelphia’s wealthy—would be the pretext to flex his state’s political muscle.

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 ...

Reenactors in colonial garb read by lamplight inside the historic Nathan Denison House in Forty Fort. Their clothing and the furnishings would have been familiar to Benedict Arnold and the ...

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.

Misericordia University professor Brian Carso discusses his new novel, ‘Gideon’s Revolution,’ during a gathering Thursday night in Insalaco Hall on campus. A work of historical fiction, the ...