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 ...

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 ...

LIKE A NORMAL PLACE. BUT DON’T BE FOOLED. CONNECTICUT IS THE STATE WHERE THEY LIKE THEIR CHEESEBURGERS STEAMED. OH, YEAH, AND THERE’S EVEN ONE PLACE WHERE PICKLE PIZZA IS THE PEOPLE’S PICK. WE ...

A key early victory in the American Revolution occurred in our region on this day in history.

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 ...

It’s strange that such a small marker in front of the Berkshire Museum in downtown Pittsfield commemorates such a monumental event. At this spot on May 1, 1775, Col. James Easton hosted at his tavern ...

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 ...

Author Jack Kelly tells the full story of infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold in his new book. Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images “Most Americans know one thing about Benedict ...

Reenactors in colonial garb read by lamplight inside the historic Nathan Denison House in Forty Fort. Their clothing and the furnishings would have been familiar to Benedict Arnold and the characters ...

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 ...

ARNOLD. ON THE SURFACE, IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A NORMAL PLACE, BUT DON’T BE FOOLED. CONNECTICUT IS THE STATE WHERE THEY LIKE THEIR CHEESEBURGERS. STAY. THEMED. OH YEAH, AND THERE’S EVEN ONE PLACE WHERE ...