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If he had not sold out the plans to West Point, and stayed in Colonies, he would today be remembered with Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Franklin, John Adams, Patrick Henry, etc. Instead, his name is a synonym with a traitor.
He stopped the British in the battle of Saratoga, about 20 miles North of Albany, NY. It was one of the first, best, defeats of the Bristish in the war, and destroyed the strategy of conquering the colonies by isolating New England from New York by controlling the Hudson river.
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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