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Young patriot Betsy Dowdy rides again.Brooke Baker, 12, of Camden County, portrays Betsy Dowdy during a re-enactment of Dowdy’s legendary horse ride from Currituck to Hertford on a cold night in December 1775, at the Newbold-White House in Hertford, Saturday, May 30.North Carolina militia Gen.William Skinner, right, portrayed by state Sen.Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, is seen during a re-enactment of Betsy Dowdy’s 1775 ride by horse from Currituck to Perquimans, at the Newbold-White House, Saturday, May 30.Betsy Dowdy, left, portrayed by Brooke Baker, 12, awaits the arrival of North Carolina militia Gen.William Skinner, performed by state Sen.Bobby Hanig.R-Currituck, during a re-enactment of Dowdy's legendary horse ride from Currituck to Perquimans on a cold night in December 1775, at the Newbold-White House, Saturday, May 30.Brooke Baker, 12, of Camden County, portrays Betsy Dowdy during a re-enactment of Dowdy’s legendary horse ride from Currituck to Hertford on a cold night in December 1775, at the Newbold-White House in Hertford, Saturday, May 30.North Carolina militia Gen.William Skinner, right, portrayed by state Sen.Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, is seen during a re-enactment of Betsy Dowdy’s 1775 ride by horse from Currituck to Perquimans, at the Newbold-White House, Saturday, May 30.Betsy Dowdy, left, portrayed by Brooke Baker, 12, awaits the arrival of North Carolina militia Gen.William Skinner, performed by state Sen.Bobby Hanig.R-Currituck, during a re-enactment of Dowdy's legendary horse ride from Currituck to Perquimans on a cold night in December 1775, at the Newbold-White House, Saturday, May 30.Brenda Hollowell-White says Saturday’s reenactment of Betsy Dowdy’s legendary ride was the height of Perquimans County’s America250 NC celebration.“It was wonderful to see how the soldiers greeted Betsy as she arrived, then presented her to Gen.William Skinner,” said Hollowell-White, of the Perquimans County Restoration Association.Hollowell-White was commenting on the re-enactment of Dowdy’s ride by horseback from Currituck to Perquimans in December 1775.The event was held Saturday across parts of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties and concluded on the grounds of the 1730 Newbold-White House in Hertford.According to the story, Dowdy was a teenager when she left her Currituck home on horseback and rode about 50 miles to Hertford on an urgent mission: to warn Colonial forces of an impending attack by British forces.That was on the night of Dec.Though less famous than Paul Revere’s ride, Dowdy’s ride was just as important.It helped apprise Colonial forces of an attack planned by Lord Dunmore, the colonial governor of Virginia, on Great Bridge, then the only crossing from Virginia into eastern North Carolina.The re-enactment featured Brooke Baker, 12, of Camden County, performing as Dowdy.Filling the role of Gen.Skinner was state Sen.Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck.“The young lady who played the role of Betsy Dowdy did an amazing job and the horse was absolutely beautiful,” Hollowell-White said.Baker was riding a retired 11-year-old race horse named Zelley.Together, the two completed the final leg of the ride from the 1100 block of Harvey Point Road to the lawn of the Newbold-White House.“It was wonderful that Brooke could play the role Saturday, because the young lady who played the Betsy Dowdy here in Perquimans on a previous date had another commitment,” Hollowell-White said.According to Hollowell-White’s estimates, about 150 people turned out to watch the reenactment.“We sold out of our Newbold-White House muscadine cider, two cases in fact, but more is available at the visitor center gift shop, which is open Saturdays through July,” she said.“We’ll also have a panel display available Saturdays through July at the visitor center as guests arrive to continue observing America250 NC events.” The script for the re-enactment was written by Lynwood Winslow, Hollowell-White said.The re-enactment was presented by the Perquiman County Restoration Association and the Perquimans America250 NC Committee.According to PCRA, the ride started at 9:30 a.m.in Currituck with festivities culminating at around 12:30 p.m.with Betsy’s entrance to the “encampment” at the Newbold-White House.The day’s activities will also featured candlemaking and beekeeping, a display of 12 flags that have flown over North Carolina since Colonial times, tours of the Newbold-White House, the periauger, Revolutionary War re-enactors, according to PCRA.America 250 NC is an initiative administered by the N.C.Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.