Sybil Ludington - Carmel, NY
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A large equestrian statue of Revolution War heroine Sybil Ludington is located on the shore of Lake Gleneida opposite 12 Gleneida Avenue in Carmel, NY.
Waymark Code: WMW7XB
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2017
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A 10' by 7' by 3' bronze equestrian statue of Revolutionary War heroine, known as the female Paul Revere, Sybil Ludington rests on a 4.25' by 9.33' by 5.15' stone block 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 her horse, Star. 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 by the sculptor and erected by the Enoch Crosby Chapter of the D.A.R. in 1961.
A stone plaque on the front of the base is inscribed:
SYBIL LUDINGTON
REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROINE
APRIL 26, 1777
CALLED OUT THE VOLUNTEER MILITIA BY RIDING
THROUGH THE NIGHT, ALONE ON HORSE BACK AT
THE AGE OF 16, ALERTING THE COUNTRYSIDE TO
THE BURNING OF DANBURY, CONN. BY THE BRITISH
PLACED BY
ENOCH CROSBY CHAPTER
D.A.R.
PRESENTED BY
ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON
1961
Sybil Ludington was born on April 5, 1761 in Kent, NY. She was the daughter of Colonel Henry Ludington and Abigail Ludington. He father was was the head the local militia during the American Revolution.
On April 26, 1777, Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles at night through Putnam County, NY to warn approximately 400 militiamen under the control of her father that British troops were planning to attack Danbury, CT. Danbury fell to the British but the militia was able to drive the British Governor, General William Tryon, of the New York Colony to Long Island Sound after the Battle of Ridgefield in Connecticut.
In 1784 Sybil Ludington married Edmond Ogden and has a son. In 1792, family settled in Catskill, NY where they lived until her death on February 26, 1839.