This is an IHeart podcast. And we return to our American stories.

Up next, a story about a heroine of the American Revolution.

Her name was Dicey Langston, and she was the best little sister any brother could ever have.

Here to tell her story is our regular contributor, Dennis Peterson.

Take it away, Dennis.

The pyramid-shaped stone monument seems out of place in its location.

The yard of a private residence on Tigerville Road just north of Travelers Rest, South Carolina.

That nondescript pile of rocks with a bronze plaque on the front side at its base commemorates

the life and brave actions of a great American heroine.

Born Laudacea Langston on May 14, 1766 in the Lawrence District of the British colony

of South Carolina, she was called Dicey by her friends and family

members. Her mother had died when Dicey was young, so she was reared by her father, Solomon Langston,

and her older brothers. When the war for independence erupted, her brothers left home to join

the Patriot Forces. Before they left,

however, one brother, James, gave her a musket and instructed her to hide it until he came

back for it. He later sent a comrade, Thomas Springfield, to retrieve it for him. Dicey immediately went to fetch it from its hiding place,

but when she returned, she pointed it at the man and demanded that he give her the secret

countersign that she and James had agreed upon earlier. She cocked the musket and pointed it at him.

He quickly gave the counter sign, and she surrendered the gun to him.

She would see more of Springfield later.

Although her brothers were away from home, their camp was only about 20 miles from the Langston

farm, and they remained in contact with Dicey

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