Info on Midnight Rider Sybil Ludington:
On April 26, 1777, Sybil Ludington, age 16, rode her horse Star 40 miles (64 km) through the night in Putnam County, New York, to warn approximately 400 militiamen under her father’s command that British troops were planning to attack Danbury, Connecticut,[8] where the Continental Army had a supply depot. On her way to gather her father’s troops, she warned people asleep in their homes by banging on their shutters with a stick and yelling “The British are burning Danbury!”
There is no proof of this story and the DAR don’t promote it. But towns are named after her and there are statues.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington
I love this.
We could all be Sybil Ludington.