Show Lyddia Darrah Lyddia Darrah Revolutionary war heroine lived in Philadelphia in 1777 While some British officers were lodged in her home she overheard overheard over over- heard their plans to surprise Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's army Under pretense of leaving her home to purchase flour she walked three miles through the snow and informed one of Washington's Washington's Washington's Washing Washing- tons ton's officers of the plan Washington Washing Washing- ton prepared for the attack and the British expedition proved a failure I |