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This Day in History 9/21: Benedict Arnold “Sells Out” America
To try to defend Benedict Arnold is a lot like being the defense lawyer at the Nuremburg trials. Somebody has to do it, even though you know the guy’s guilty as sin. I’m not going to sweep Arnold’s...
View ArticleThis Day in History 10/17: Burgoyne Surrenders at Saratoga
Image via Wikipedia Everything about the Battle of Saratoga–including its name–has been scrubbed clean by scores of textbooks. On October 17, 1777, after a punishing four-month campaign, British...
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