Benedict Arnold - CT’s Misunderstood Traitor

Sometimes, you find out something new about a person that causes you to perceive them in a different light. Such may be the case after you listen to this episode on Benedict Arnold. His name is literally synonymous with being a traitor, for his attempts to hand over West Point to the British during the Revolutionary War. Yet, when one hears the full backstory of his upbringing in Connecticut it certainly gives greater clarity into some the deep-seated emotional scars that he carried with him through his life and likely played a role in his later behavior, even though it will never excuse what he did. The backstory comes courtesy of Regan Miner, Executive Director of the Norwich Historical Society.