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.
Listing Details
- AccessPublic
- Wars CommemoratedREVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Type of MemorialPlaques On Stone
- Location170 MAIN STREET
- City
- State
- Zip Code06810
- Photograph ByMICHAEL HERRICK
- Submitted ByCOURTESY OF HMdb.org
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