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.
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- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- 170 MAIN STREET
- 06810
- MICHAEL HERRICK
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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