But a little over two years later, a 16-year-old girl did the midnight riders one better. Sybil Ludington rode twice as far as Revere did, by herself, over bad roads, and in an area roamed by ...

Perhaps that is why we sometimes overlook heroines like Sybil Ludington of New York's Putnam County, who in 1777 completed a ride every bit as important as Paul Revere's and every bit as ...

In 1777, there were no video games or social media to distract teens, and no after-school jobs or biology tests. In Revolutionary War-era Hudson Valley, there was, however, danger and bravery ...

Paul Revere, for instance, wasn’t the only one on the midnight ride. And Sybil Ludington—the young woman who has gone down in history as a female version of Paul Revere, riding through the ...

Perhaps Sybil Ludington even emitted “a high-pitched feminine halloo,” as a 1940 poem says: “Up, Up there, soldier. You’re needed, come! The British are marching!” and then the drum To ...

Yet not every historian believes it happened that way. On the evening of April 26, 1777, a 16-year-old girl named Sybil Ludington set out into the rain on horseback. Her mission was desperate and ...

Sybil Ludington, the Kent, N.Y., teenager who warned the Colonial militia the British were burning Danbury in April 1777, is back in town. Ludington's statue was returned last week to the Danbury ...

And in all of American history, there may not be a more unexpected, unbelievable story than that of one Sybil Ludington. Never heard of her? You’re not alone. We’ve all heard of the ...

On a dark and rainy night 235 years ago, 16-year old Sybil Ludington rode her horse into history - Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports “Listen, my children, and you shall hear ...