Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold & the Burning of New London
On September 6, 1781, Connecticut native Benedict Arnold and a force of 1,700 British soldiers and loyalists took Fort Griswold and burnt New London to the ground. The brutality of the invasion galvanized the new nation, and "Remember New London!" would become a rallying cry for troops under General Lafayette. In Homegrown Terror, Eric D. Lehman chronicles the events leading up to the attack and highlights this key transformation in Arnold—the point where he went from betraying his comrades to massacring his neighbors and destroying their homes.

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2025-26 Board of Trustees
Front row: Dawn McCarthy, Reno Bolduc, Nancy Mol, and James Meehan.
Middle row: Ann Marie Jewett, Treasurer & Corresponding Secretary, Michaelle Pearson, Co-Chair, and Mark Terwilliger, Co-Chair. Back row: Priya Mattam,
Mary Dangremond, Ross W. Higgins, Paula Melillo, Mary Ellen Jewett, and
Paul Loether, Not Shown: Ted Freeman, Eleanor Hufford, Kinny Kreiswirth,
Jaymie Nickerson-Buckmaster, Recording Secretary, Elaine Stiles, Nicholas Westbrook, and Alison Mitchell, Board Member Emerita. - Photo by Jim Meehan
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