History came to life throughout the Putnam County seat Thursday when Sybil Ludington rode into town atop her mount warning the militia forces that the British army was burning Danbury.
Sybil rides across the Gleneida lakeshore. In real life Sybil is 16 year old Kailie Nolan of East Durham, a hamlet in the Catskills, in Greene County. Photo/Eric GrossThe reenactment celebrated Sybil’s famous ride on the night of April 26, 1777, when the 16 year old daughter of Colonel Henry Ludington rode more than twice the distance of Paul Revere on her trusted horse Star.