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Benedict Arnold take command of West Point

Today in Masonic history the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold was given command of West Point in 1780.

Later he would surrender West Point for 20,000 pounds to the British. Benedict Arnold was a Freemason and to this day you cannot say his name in a Masonic lodge.