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The memento to Benedict Arnold.

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When Benedict Arnold was leading the forces of the King against his former compatriots in Virginia, among his prisoners was a certain plucky and witty officer, who, in answer to Arnold’s question, “What will the Americans do with me if they catch me?” replied, “They will cut off the leg which was wounded when you were fighting so gloriously for the cause of liberty, and bury it with the honors of war, and hang the rest of your body on a gibbet.”

gib¡bet
ˈjibit/Submit
historical
noun
1.
a gallows.
verb
1.
hang up (a body) on a gibbet.