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Location: 170 MAIN STREET

City: DANBURY

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6810

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK


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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