A huge thank you to all the Veterans who have kept our country safe and free. There is one American hero who has often gone unrecognized. Everyone knows the name Paul Revere, who rode his horse for 20 miles to spread the warning that the British were coming. But few know the name of the 16 year-old girl who rode twice as far through enemy infested territory in the Hudson Valley in 1777 to warn her father's regiment of a coming British raid. There are over a dozen children's books written about her, and a statue of her on her horse stands in Carmel, New York. She is portrayed brandishing the stick she used to smack highwayman that got in her way. This is Sybil Ludington, who was personally thanked by George Washington for her service.
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