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 ...

Colonel Benedict Arnold embarked from Newburyport, Massachusetts, with a flotilla of “11 transport ships” and nearly 1,000 men to attack Br ...

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 was born on Jan. 14, 1741 in Norwich, Connecticut. Arnold’s childhood was marred by tragedy; by age 20, he was an orphan struggling to make his way in the world as an apothecary.

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,” ...

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: ...

Back when Producer and Writer Thomas Mercer started making his recently released movie, the wider legacy of Norwich-born Benedict Arnold was that he abandoned the colonists’ side in the American ...