Our American Stories

Benedict Arnold: The Greatest of Heroes, The Darkest of Villains (b 1741)

Host- Lee Habeeb

Few stories are as compelling, as complex, or as mystifying as that of Benedict Arnold, who was born on this day in 1741. After all, it is a story ripe with moral ambiguity: He was both the greatest of heroes and the darkest of villains. 

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