Benedict Arnold is known as the biggest traitor in history. If you are not sure what he did, I’ll refresh your memory.
Arnold was a general in the Colonial Army under George Washington. In November of 1777, the Americans went head to head with the British in Saratoga, NY. To make a long story short, Arnold led the American army in charges, which led to the winning of the battle. While in the charge, he was shot in the leg.
About a year after that, he asked for possession of Fort Ticonderoga. His plan was to get the fort from Washington and then hand it over to the British. Well the Americans got wind of it and Arnold ran for England. While in Williamsburg, Virgina he asked an American POW “What would happen to me if I were caught by the Americans?” The POW replied, “We would cut off your leg and burry it with full military honor for the fork you did in Quebec and Saratoga. The rest of you, we’d hang.”
Sounds like the early patriots didn’t like people compromising with their enemies. Maybe we need that spirit again today.
Arnold died a man without a country and has gone down in history as the greatest traitor of all times.
