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 ...

It’s a name synonymous with treachery. A certain generation of Americans may even have heard, as youngsters, the phrase, “You ...

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — 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 his ...

The British officer with whom Arnold had been colluding was captured by the American forces. The documents he carried laid out the plans for Benedict Arnold's handover of West Point to the British.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PLATTSBURGH —This spring marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the patriots’ capture of Fort ...

“Most Americans know one thing about Benedict Arnold,” writes award-winning author and historian Jack Kelly in ‘God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America’s Most Hated Man’ (St. Martin’s ...

This Connecticut town never forgets a traitor. Hundreds are expected to gather in New London Saturday for the Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival, during which a paper mâché figure of the disgraced ...

HELL (The Borowitz Report)—In a rare public statement, the late Benedict Arnold said that he would never have been remembered as the worst traitor in American history if he had had the benefit of a ...

Students and faculty at New Haven’s High School in the Community (HSC) at 175 Water St. will soon have a front row seat to a significant and active archaeological excavation project conducted by the ...