<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington" id="mwOA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sybil Ludington">Sybil Ludington</a>, aged 16, allegedly rode <span about="#mwt26" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"40"},"2":{"wt":"mi"},"3":{"wt":"km"},"abbr":{"wt":"out"},"sigfig":{"wt":""},"sp":{"wt":"us"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwOQ" typeof="mw:Transclusion">40 miles (64</span><span about="#mwt26" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt26">km)</span> to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Armed Forces">British regular forces</a>