Sybil Ludington - Danbury, CT
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An equestrian statue of Revolutionary War heroine Sybil Ludington is located on the grounds of the Danbury, CT Public Library at 170 Main Street in Danbury, CT
Waymark Code: WMVN9C
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2017
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A 6' by 3' by 5' bronze equestrian statue of Revolutionary War heroine, known as the female Paul Revere, Sybil Ludington rests on a 3' by 2' by 4' stone base. The sculpture depicts sixteen year old Sibyl Ludington on horseback during her famous ride of April 26, 1777 when she was warning the citizens of British controlled Putnam County, NY that the British were raiding nearby Danbury, CT.
Miss Ludington is depicted wearing a dress with a cape and her long hair in a ponytail over her right shoulder. She is riding sidesaddle on the left side of a horse. Her right hand is raised above her head clutching a branch while she is holding the reins of her horse in her left hand. She holds the reins of the horse in her proper left hand and has her left foot in a stirrup. Her mouth is open as if shouting a warning. The horse is rearing back slightly and has its right front foot raised.
The sculpture was created by Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington and cast by the Roman Bronze Works in 1960. It was donated to the City of Danbury by the sculptor and dedicated September 11, 1971.
A bronze plaque at ground level is inscribed:
SYBIL LUDINGTON
ON APRIL 26, 1777, THIS BRAVE SIXTEEN-
YEAR - OLD GIRL RODE THROUGH THE
ENEMY-INFESTED COUNTRYSIDE FOR
THIRTY MILES IN PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW
YORK, TO WARN THE LOCAL MILITIA THAT
BRITISH TROOPS WERE ATTACKING AND
PLUNDERING DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.
DONATED BY ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON.
Sybil Ludington was born on April 5, 1761 in the Fredericksburg (now Ludingtonville) section of Kent, NY. He father was Colonel Henry Ludington who was the leader of the local militia. On April 26, 1777, she rode 40 miles at night to warn approximately 400 militiamen under the control of her father that British troops were planning to attack Danbury, Connecticut, where the Continental Army had a supply depot. She was congratulated for her heroism by General George Washington.
In 1784, she married farmer and innkeeper Edmond Ogden, with whom she had one child named Henry. She settled in Catskill, NY where she lived until her death on February 26, 1839. She is buried in the Patterson Presbyterian Cemetery in Patterson, New York.