New London is burning after British troops — led by Benedict Arnold — raided the town. About a month later, soldiers fight in Yorktown, Va., in the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. On a recent Saturday evening, hundreds of people gathered in the streets to burn Benedict Arnold, America’s most famous traitor, in effigy. “Burn the traitor!” onlookers screamed. “Burn him!”The procession is an annual piece of street theater, organized by Flock Theatre, a New London troupe.

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