note to an exhibition saying of the ride, "It's a great story, but there is no way to know whether or not it is true." The DAR chapter near her historic home says that her exploit was documented, and it continues to honor her. Hunt concludes, "The story of the lone, teenage girl riding for freedom, it seems, is simply too good not to be believed." Legacy and honors In 1934, New York State began to install a number of historic markers along Ludington's purported route. A commemorative sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington was erected at Lake Gleneida near Carmel, New York, in 1961. Smaller versions of the statue are at the Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters in Washington, D.C., the public library in Danbury, Connecticut, and at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. In 1975, Ludington was honored with a postage stamp in the "Contributors to the Cause" United States Bicentennial series. The National Rifle Association instituted the Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award in 1995. Composer Ludmila Ulehla wrote the 1993 chamber opera Sybil of the American Revolution based on the story of Ludington's ride. In 2014, Ludington was featured on the American Heroes Channel documentary American Revolution: Patriots Rising. The movie Sybil Ludington, The female Paul Revere was produced in 2010. See also Betsy Ross – credited by relatives with making the first US flag; accounts dismissed by historians Laura Secord, heroine of War of 1812 Notes References Sources 1761 births 1839 deaths Women in the American Revolution People of the Province of New York People of New York (state) in the American Revolution People from Dutchess County, New York People from Kent, New York Ludington family People from Catskill, New York