Benedict Arnold’s name is synonymous with being a traitor. At an important point in the Revolutionary War, he orchestrated the handover of top-secret plans about the Patriots’ most important fort, West Point, to British spy John Andre. The plot unraveled; otherwise, the outcome of the fight for independence may have had a different ending.

Before he joined the British, Arnold was considered the finest military leader on the Patriot side. Why did he switch? What role did his shattered dreams play while growing up in Norwich?

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