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CatMor

(6,212 posts)
1. To think those sleazy characters ....
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 12:27 PM
Feb 2019

decided the fate of our election and left us with a con man fraud and his family. Didn't think it could happen in our country but Russia did win.

 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
3. When they caught Benedict Arnold, I think it was Washington who wouldn't let them
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 02:55 PM
Feb 2019

execute him by firing squad, he had him hung. Wish we had leaders today with such strong convictions.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
4. Arnold escaped and became a British General and died of declining health at 60 years old in England.
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 03:08 PM
Feb 2019
 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
6. I must have heard something wrong. Wonder what it was I heard???
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 04:05 PM
Feb 2019

I was pretty sure it was Pres. Washington. Wonder if they caught a traitor back then too. Or, maybe Washington wanted him hung but then he escaped. In any case, I hope they don't whimp out with Trump.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,383 posts)
7. Andre was hung
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 04:14 PM
Feb 2019

You may have simply swapped Arnold and Andre in your memory.


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Washington remained calm when he was presented with evidence of Arnold's activities. He did, however, investigate its extent, and suggested that he was willing to exchange André for Arnold during negotiations with General Clinton concerning André's fate. Clinton refused this suggestion; after a military tribunal, André was hanged at Tappan, New York on October 2. Washington also infiltrated men into New York in an attempt to capture Arnold. This plan very nearly succeeded, but failed when Arnold changed living quarters prior to sailing for Virginia in December.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold

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