The Mercury News Weekend

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Visitors to New York’s Fort Ticonderog­a were in for a special treat as locks of hair from Revolution­ary War traitor Benedict Arnold and his first wife, Margaret, were put on display May 5-6. Curator Matthew Keagle told The Associated Press Arnold’s hair was recently rediscover­ed in the museum’s collection­s and had been preserved by the family. Saving a lock of a deceased familymemb­er’s hairwas a common practice during the 1700s.

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