Isaac Bissell was a patriot post rider who delivered mail between Boston and Hartford, Connecticut. On April 19, 1775, the British made an attack on Lexington and Concord, igniting the American Revolu
Boston Post Road milemarker at Springfield, Massachusetts
Elias Nason and George J. Varney, Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, A Gazetter of the state of Massachusetts, 1890
J. Godfrey, after a painting by Michael Angelo Wageman, British evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776, at the end of the Siege of Boston, engraving, ca. 1861
Sybil Ludington was an alleged heroine of the American Revolution and daughter of Patriot colonel Henry Ludington. Relatives of Ludington have claimed that on April 26, 1777, at age 16, she made an al
Grave of Sybil Ludington, bearing a spelling variation of her first name
Close-up of smaller version of a statue representing Ludington by Anna Hyatt Huntington at Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Sybil Ludington commemorative stamp