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To: Pharmboy
Count the Green Mountain Boys among the former. Angry at Arnold for his orders forbidding them from looting their British captives...

From what I recall, the leader of the Green Mountain Boys, Ethan Allen, claimed all the credit for himself, which was the initial act that put Arnold on his path to turn against the Revolution.

-PJ

3 posted on 05/10/2012 6:59:26 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Monument

A great idea for a memorial statue to a traitor.


8 posted on 05/10/2012 7:06:21 PM PDT by freefdny
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