Hi folks! I just ran across something that proves Americans know how to hate, but we try to be fair about the matter. I'm sure that as school children you all heard of Benedict Arnold who traitorously went over to the British during the Revolutionary War. What many of you may not remember or were never taught was that Arnold was perhaps the most brilliant American general of the war and was almost single-handedly responsible for the creation of the first US Navy, the naval victories on Lake Champlain and the victory at Saratoga, New York. At Saratoga, Arnold was wounded in the leg. But he was then snubbed by the Continental Congress, denied promotion and treated rather shabbily - being relegated to the command at West Point on the Hudson rather than being given a more active field command. At that point, he went over to the British. Many years later, when the Saratoga Battlefield Park was created, they wanted to honor his contributions to the battle and the American Revolution, but not honor him personally. So on the obelisk of the battlefield monument is a statue ... of Arnold's wounded leg! -- Robert W. King I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver! SnailNet: 19023 TV Tower Rd, Winslow, Arkansas 72959 BellNet: 479-634-2086 InterNet: [email protected] Web site: http://www.wildweasel.net