Benedict Arnold, the Connecticut native whose name has been synonymous with the word traitor for 240 years, ... The production style of “Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed” — part costume drama, ...

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 ...

People in period costume carry an effigy of Benedict Arnold to be burned during the annual Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in New London, Conn.

NEW LONDON, Conn. — 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 ...

A crowd of several hundred revelers, some in period costume, marched through the city’s streets Saturday evening chanting, “Burn the traitor!” before watching as officials set Arnold’s ...

The Benedict Arnold that we certainly wanted to establish is all these things: a great leader, ... It must be amazing to walk onto this set, dressed in Revolutionary-era costume, ...

“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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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. The ...