Fatal Ambition: The Trial of Major Andre

The Trial of Major André, accomplice of Benedict Arnold, is a historic re-enactment of this infamous trial of the American Revolution, with characters in authentic period dress. Washington has just learned the devastating news that Benedict Arnold has betrayed his country and was about to surrender West Point to the British. Arnold’s accomplice, Major John André, has been captured and faces a military tribunal at the Old Dutch Church in Tappan N.Y. A board of officers has been appointed to decide whether he is an officer of the British Army or a spy.