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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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TIL Benedict Arnold's grave is in a kindergarten classroom.

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TIL Benedict Arnold's grave is in a kindergarten classroom.

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Benedict Arnold's Grave Is in a Kindergarten Classroom
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Benedict Arnold was, until he turned traitor, one of America's better field commanders during the War of Independence. The sole monument to his pre-treason service is thus complicated.Arnold's service to the British army for the rest of the war was limited (his commanders never fully trusted him). He briefly settled in New Brunswick, did some privateering during the French Revolutionary Wars, and died in England in 1801.Arnold and his wife are buried in a crypt  in St. Mary's Church in Battersea, Lo...
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    In 200 years the headline will be “TIL Donald trump’s grave is in an old drainage area. If he knew about this he’d be rolling in his ditch!”.

    • iamericandre@lemmy.world
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      I’m going to eat a ton of asparagus before visiting his grave

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    Grace?

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      Amazing grave, how sweet the sound…

    • Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world
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      Yeah. Haven’t you ever seen a gracestone or been to a graceyard?

      • Optional@lemmy.world
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        I . . . guess so?

    • Quilotoa@lemmy.caOP
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      Fixed.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
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        Aw.

        ;)

  • robomuffin79@lemmy.world
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    A great British patriot.

    • Quilotoa@lemmy.caOP
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      Well, the U.S. invaded Canada and he came to Canada to help repel the invasion so, perhaps he was on the side of right.

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      His motivations for becoming a turncoat were practical, not ideological

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