You've heard of Paul Revere? A woman did something quite similar -- riding on horseback at night to warn farm families of a British landing and to raise the militia to respond -- but she is reported to have traveled about twice as far as Revere is credited with riding. Learn more about this legendary teenage heroine of the American Revolution: Sybil Ludington - Revolutionary War Heroine
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