Real Life Foils Lafayette and Benedict Arnold in Virginia
Real-life foils, Benedict Arnold and Lafayette, whom we first learned through great books, came to life with their Virginia stories on our recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg.
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Real-life foils, Benedict Arnold and Lafayette, whom we first learned through great books, came to life with their Virginia stories on our recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg.
1781, the year General Washington sent Lafayette with his dragoons to capture the traitor Benedict Arnold, who had burned down the capitol in Richmond.
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