Today is the anniversary of Sybil Ludington’s often-overlooked ride to raise the alarm that the British were coming in 1777 — she performed basically the same task as Paul Revere, except she rode twice as far, and she was only sixteen years old.
Read more about her by clicking the image.
Edit mine. I’m reblogging this after it was originally posted. Ride took place in April and it is now almost June.