[2] She is remembered for her bravery in challenging the British soldiers who occupied Salem during military actions prior to the American Revolutionary War.
On Sunday, February 26, 1775, a battalion of British infantry, under Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Leslie, was sent to Salem to look for colonial weapons.
Sarah Tarrant shouted at them from a window, "Go home and tell your master he sent you on a fool's errand and has broken the peace of our Sabbath.
A soldier aimed his musket at her, and she dared him, "Fire, if you have the courage, but I doubt it.
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