American teen sensation or American patriot

American teen sensation or American patriot

Try to imagine a time when life was much more difficult and where to relax in the recliner, watching television, surrounded by all the comforts of home after a long day, was not even a whimsical idea. Unannounced surveillance and invasion by a foreign entity in their city or home was a key concern for people seeking freedom in this country. Even your own house was not a safe space.

Sybil, 16, another young American patriot would have been a powerful voice for Liberty in organizations like Turning Point or Tea Party today, but it was not for her.

What makes it so valuable to the movement for freedom and reform? Well, Sybil's father was a high-ranking colonel who, in a combat situation, had to gather reinforcements to counteract an enemy attack while planning his defense simultaneously.

His troops were scattered on a 30-mile circuit and had no mechanical means of transport or radio to facilitate contacts. Sybil, the only person available to desperately ask for help, decided to respond to what she considered her call to duty.

Without hesitation, Sybil volunteered, in the middle of the night and in a torrential rain, to get on her horse, 'Star', and go up and ride as she was. In his act of selfless courage, he rode for what seemed like an eternity to inform up to 400 soldiers ready to fight for the way of life dreamed of by true Americans in search of freedom.
Americans today have no experience or even a vision of what it would be like to have a foreign influence on our coasts to fight against our constitutional rights and freedoms. We live freely in part because of the courage of men and women like Sybil. None of us will ever know what kind of person Sybil was, nor the passions that he had inside that would allow him to travel 30 miles alone and risk his life to warn others against an enemy invader.

In fact, it has helped to thwart the massacre of the Americans. This time on American soil where there was no safe space to hide. You see, Sybil Ludington's time was that of another Tea Party and another tea revolution about 240 years ago.

During the night attack, the British set fire to Danbury, Connecticut, a major supply depot for the Continental Army, but due to Sybil, many people were prepared and escaped death.

Sybil's walk and the message she was carrying are not well known, but on April 26, 1777 she shouted, in the cold of the night, with the rain blowing on her face, `Muster at Ludington`s! `It was really significant. It was not Paul Revere's behavior at all. Today, Sybil's heroism is commemorated with a single poem written by the American poet Berton Braley, which commemorates his historic journey, and a bronze statue honoring his courage and passion for freedom, in Carmel, New York.