Vic's News 2016 Sep 21

…On this day in 1780 in the most infamous act of treason in American history, General Benedict Arnold attempted to turn the fort at West Point over to the British Army for a bribe consisting of a commission as a Brigadier General in the British Army and a cash reward of £20,000 (about $1.3M in 2009 dollars). However, Arnold's plot failed when British Major John André was captured as a spy by the Americans. John Andre was hanged; Benedict Arnold escaped and died in London in 1801.