CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 26 Apr 1777, 16 year old Sybil Ludington is said to have ridden 40 miles ...

#OnThisDay, 26 Apr 1777, 16 year old Sybil Ludington is said to have ridden 40 miles to warn American colonial forces of a British attack.

There's no contemporary evidence – see https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/TNEQ_a_00452

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