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 ...
In 1775, before the Declaration of Independence and before the Continental Army fully existed, America invaded Canada. The campaign began with the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, where only 48 British ...
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 ...