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Article: A HERO AT Fort Ticonderoga.(United States Revolutionary War figure Benedict Arnold)
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- Cobblestone
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- November 1, 1999
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To many Americans, he made his mark in history as a traitor to the American cause of independence. But Benedict Arnold is remembered at New York's Fort Ticonderoga for his heroic roles during the early years of the American Revolution.
Since its opening in 1909, the Fort Ticonderoga Museum has become a major repository for artifacts and manuscripts related to Arnold. The founders of the museum wanted to assemble collections that could help tell the stories of both the great and the ordinary people who shaped the history of this site. Seventy-five years ago, one of the founders, Stephen H.P. Pell, established contact with descendants of Arnold who were living in ...
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