History: Then & Now-Movie Showing-Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Wed, Jul 08
|Robson Ranch Clubhouse-Lone Star Legacy
"If my ally differs from me, has he become my foe? How ought conservatives handle strongly differing opinions?
Time & Location
Jul 08, 2026, 5:28 PM – 5:33 PM
Robson Ranch Clubhouse-Lone Star Legacy, 9428 Ed Robson Cir, Denton, TX 76207, USA
About the event
The Thin Line between Hero and Traitor
[The first film in RRRC’s “History: Then and Now” series]
To do right means knowing what right is. Merely accumulating knowledge cannot substitute; virtue requires volition, a perspective essential to our Founders. Howard Hendricks clarifies chatter from commitment: “A belief is something people will argue about. A conviction is something you are willing to die for.”
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (A & E 2002) contrasts two courageous generals in the American Revolution. George Washington emulated the high character of Addison’s Cato, his favorite drama. His character nurtured by regularly reading “110 Rules of Civility” sustained him through a disastrous defeat on Long Island, a string of losses throughout 1776, the frigid winter at Valley Forge, and the surrender of an American army at Charleston. “Light Horse” Harry Lee validated his virtue: “First in war, first in peace, and first in the…