Flock Theatre will be holding its Burning of Benedict Arnold on Saturday — an event that revives an old New London tradition.

Arnold infamously fought for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and he led the burning of New London on Sept. 6, 1781. Every year on that date for the next century, Whaling City residents marched a Benedict Arnold effigy through the streets and then burned it. That event actually spread to other cities, including Boston and New York, before ceasing during the American Civil War.

Flock has revived the tradition, and will present its ninth Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival as part of the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival.

At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the effigy will be marched down from the intersection of Bank and Tilley streets to the Waterfront Park. Everyone is invited to join in the procession. The burning will happen around 8 p.m. at the Waterfornt Park, and Mayor Mike Passero will light the effigy.

The Burning of Benedict Arnold, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, parade meets at Shaw Mansion and begins at the intersection of Bank St. and Tilley St., New London; the burning will happen around 8 p.m. on the New London Waterfront park.