Sybil Ludington, Memorial

Title

Sybil Ludington, Memorial

Creator

Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt

Biographical Text

Bronze statue depicting Ludington riding side saddle on a horse with her arm raised.
Aluminum historic marker with blue background and yellow lettering describing Ludington’s journey.
The statue is located in Carmel, New York, marking a spot on Ludington’s journey. It was based off of a drawing by Lorence F. Bjorklund. The statue was completed by Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington. Bjorklund’s original drawing depicted Ludington wearing pants, but Huntington’s statue has her depicted wearing a skirt and riding side saddle.
The statue was gifted to Putnam County in 1985. In 2026, the Daughters of the American Revolution donated $1,000 for the restoration of the statue and to support the “Saving Sybil” project.

Text

[On marker]
NEW YORK
SYBIL LUDINGTON
ROAD HORSEBACK OVER THIS
ROAD THE NIGHT OF APRIL 26,
1777, TO CALL THE COLONEL
LUDINGTON’S REGIMENT TO
REPEL BRITISH AT DANBURY, CONN.
STATE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT 1935
[Plaque beneath statue]
SYBIL LUDINGTON
REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROINE
APRIL 26, 1777
CALLED OUT THE VOLUNTEER MILITIA, BY RIDING
THROUGH THE NIGHT, ALONE ON HORSEBACK, 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

Date Created

1935

1961

Relation

Ludington, Sybil (1761-1839)

Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt

Type

English Statue

English Signage

Bibliographic Citation

Putnam County, Daughters of American Revolution Mark 100th Anniversary with Donation to Restore Historic Sybil Ludington Statue, Putnam County

"County Can Share Credit in Young Sybil's Night Ride to Summon Father's Troops," Poughkeepsie Journal. July 2, 1961, 1C.

Project Researcher

Bysterbusch, Hailey