Aug. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1780, Gen. Benedict Arnold betrayed the United States when he promised secretly to surrender the fort at West Point to the British army. He fled to England ...

Think of the word “traitor.” Who comes to mind? 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 ...

Two Revolutionary War letters were recently brought together at a museum in upstate New York, exactly 250 years after they were written. Fort Ticonderoga in Essex County, near Lake Champlain, ...

The Broadway musical “Hamilton” had a substantial effect, changing the way many Americans now view a major figure from the Revolutionary War era. More recently, the makers of a documentary hope their ...

A huge painting depicting a heroic moment in the Continental Army Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold’s life is being preserved in anticipation of the New York State Military Museum and Research Center putting ...

Revisit one of the Revolutionary War's most challenging and little-known campaigns. Follow a group of historical reenactors as they retrace Benedict Arnold's 1775 journey through Maine. The March was ...

From the British invasion of New York City in 1776 to the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 to the Sullivan-Clinton campaign in 1779 ...