The Broadway musical “Hamilton” had a substantial effect, changing the way many Americans now view a major figure from the Revolutionary War era. More recently, the makers of a documentary hope their ...

Peggy Shippen came closer to ending the American Revolution than any general ever did. Was Peggy Shippen the real mastermind behind Benedict Arnold’s betrayal? Peggy successfully fooled the most ...

Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause become its most dishonored traitor? General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in ...

A new exhibit in Tarrytown will show the "Boot Papers" that experts say might have turned the course of the Revolutionary War. The Boot Papers were plans for West Point, supplied by Benedict Arnold, ...