Had to go the US Embassy this morning to replace my damaged (washed) passport. On the way back to the flat I was walking up Gloucester Place and saw a plaque on a residential property. It is common to see plaques that tell of some famous person that lived at the address.
This one said that Benedict Arnold lived there from the late 1700's to 1801 when he died. The plaque ends with the line "An American Patriot."
By the way the US Embassy is really ugly. It is also completely surrounded by concrete vehicle barriers painted black. There is construction on the side facing Gloucster Square so there is ugly fencing around, too. And there are armed police all over.
The passport replacement went very smoothly and quickly though. Only took an hour from when I arrived and was out. Would not want to be someone applying for a visa though. That looked like a really long wait.
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