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Ned Lamont: “One of the events of the 250th will be burning Benedict…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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CT250: Connecticut's statewide celebration of American independence

Published | Video Starts at 26:34

And so when I'm in Norwich, Connecticut, where Arnold was born, I say he was a great American general early on. But when I'm in Groton and New Lo, where he burnt the place down and One of the events of the 250th will be burning Benedict Arnold in effigy in Grot, New London. You don't want to miss that one. Ronan mentioned, you know, the role that we played towards the end of the Revolutionary War. We're right over there in Wethersfield, Connecticut. (26:34–26:42)

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