{"id":1608,"date":"2025-09-04T11:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essexheritage.org\/rev250\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1608"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:01:04","slug":"benedict-arnold-in-danvers","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/essexheritage.org\/rev250\/event\/benedict-arnold-in-danvers\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Arnold in Danvers: Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a lecture at Tapley Memorial Hall by local historian Dan Gagnon from 1:00pm-1:30pm<\/p>\n<p>This event will be followed immediately by another event. <a href=\"https:\/\/essexheritage.org\/rev250\/event\/benedict-arnold-in-danvers-gathering-of-troops\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to learn more<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that when Arnold was still on the Patriots\u2019 side of the Revolution, he and his troops camped in Danvers?<\/p>\n<p>In September 1775, early in the\u00a0American Revolutionary War, Colonel\u00a0Benedict Arnold\u00a0led a force of 1,100\u00a0Continental Army\u00a0troops on an expedition from\u00a0Cambridge\u00a0in the\u00a0Province of Massachusetts Bay\u00a0to the gates of\u00a0Quebec City.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most strategic and daring exploits of the patriot cause during the revolution. Part of the troops encamped in the Town of Danvers on the night of September 14, 1775, on their way to Newburyport, where they embarked for the Kennebec River, and their famous march through the uncharted wilderness of Maine was accomplished despite formidable obstacles and excessive privations. Native Americans, specifically the Abenaki, played a role as scouts and guides, and there was also hope for broader support from the Indigenous and French Canadian populations against the British.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This event is part of the FREE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trailsandsails.org\/\">Trails &amp; Sails<\/a>\u00a0event series by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/essexheritage.org\/\">Essex Heritage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join us for a lecture at Tapley Memorial Hall by local historian Dan Gagnon from 1:00pm-1:30pm This event will be followed immediately by another event. 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