SYBIL LUDINGTON REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
ON APRIL 26, 1777 THIS BRAVE SIXTEEN YEAR-OLD GIRL RODE THROUGH ENEMY-INFESTED COUNTRYSIDE FOR THIRTY MILES IN PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK TO WARN THE LOCAL MILITIA THAT THE BRITISH TROOPS WERE ATTACKING AND PLUNDERING DANBURY CONNECTICUT.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
MICHAEL HERRICK
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