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Sybil Ludington and the Raid on Danbury
On April 25th, 1777, General William Tryon and 2,000 British troops landed on the shores of Compo Beach. Their mission was simple but ambitious: to burn the major Continental Army supply depot of Danbury, Connecticut located about 24 miles from the Coast. On the night of their raid, a 16-year-old girl, Sybil Ludington, would commence a forty mile midnight ride to alert Patriot militia of the unfolding British attack. BHC assistant archivist Jaime Pettit will give a special presentation, following the movements of Tryon's militia from to their landing at Compo Beach to Raid on Danbury and the Battle of Ridgefield, as well as Sybil's extraordinary act of Revolutionary War heroism.
