Following the Footsteps of Benedict Arnold SDFSN 2024

Following the Footsteps of Benedict Arnold
and his 1775 Quebec Expedition from Old Newbury
Jack Santos, Vice Chair, Custom House Maritime Museum.

A presentation at the 2024 Annual Meeting of
The Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury.
We are a genealogical society intent on the preservation of the history of Old Newbury and the pioneer families that created our Yankee community.
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On the 19th of September 1775, 1,100 farmers, soldiers, merchants, teachers, and laborers gathered in Newbury and Newburyport to leave on ten ships for a secret, bold attack on Quebec City. They were led by Benedict Arnold, before he became the infamous turncoat. It was a plan concocted by Arnold and George Washington in Cambridge in July 1775 - a full year before the Declaration of Independence.
Had the plan worked, there likely would have been no revolutionary war, and probably 14 - not 13-states in a new United States of America. Join us for a retelling of the wilderness march - in preparation for its 250th anniversary.