[Vermont Lt]

West Point wasn’t founded until long after Benedict Arnold.

What am I missing?

[higgmeister]

West Point was a military fort before the Revolutionary War. The School came later but was put there because it was already a military property.

[higgmeister]

https://books.google.com/books/content?id=D_M9AQAAMAAJ&authuser=0&pg=PA333&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U1cq3J1-XvLqd2bEa4uL5HxuMKlDQ&ci=86%2C255%2C746%2C736&edge=0

https://books.google.com/books?id=D_M9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA271&authuser=0&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

From The Life of Washington by Washington Irving on Google Books.