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Laura Secord
Laura Secord is one of Canada’s most celebrated and memorialized war heroines. Her efforts during the War of 1812, though hardly recognized during her lifetime, have earned her much distinction and celebration throughout Canada in the centuries following.
As British and American troops battled over control of Niagara Peninsula (the area between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario), Laura’s husband, James Secord, served as a sergeant in the 1st Lincoln Militia. However, he was severely injured on the battlefield and Laura, mother to five, rushed to find him, bring him back home, and nurse him back to health.
In June 1813, Laura hosted American soldiers in her home for dinner and overheard their plans to surprise attack a British outpost commanded by Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. Because her husband was still injured, Laura took it upon herself to warn FitzGibbon of the impending danger.
Laura Secord (Credit: Niagara Segway).
In the early morning of June 22, 1813, Laura set out to the British outpost, a 32-kilometre journey that took her 18 hours to complete. Concerned a
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Biography of Laura Secord
Heritage Minute on Laura Secord
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord), heroine; b. 13 Sept. 1775 in Great Barrington, Mass., eldest daughter of Thomas Ingersoll and Elizabeth Dewey; d. 17 Oct. 1868, at Chippawa (Niagara Falls, Ont.).
When Laura Ingersoll was eight, her mother died, leaving four little girls. Her father remarried twice and had a large family by his third wife. In the American War of Independence, Ingersoll fought on the rebel side, but in 1795 he immigrated to Upper Canada where he had obtained a township grant for settlement. His farm became the site of the modern town of Ingersoll. He ran a tavern at Queenston until his township (Oxford-upon-the-Thames) was surveyed. Within two years, about 1797, Laura married James Secord, a young merchant of Queenston. He was the youngest son of a loyalist officer of Butler’s Rangers, who had brought his family to Niagara in 1778. James and Laura Secord were to have six daughters and
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Laura Secord
Canadian heroine of the War of 1812
This article is about the War of 1812 contributor. For the chocolate company, see Laura Secord Chocolates.
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| Born | Laura Ingersoll (1775-09-13)13 September 1775 Great Barrington, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | 17 October 1868(1868-10-17) (aged 93) Chippawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | War of 1812 heroine |
| Spouse | James Secord (m. 1797; died 1841) |
| Children | 7 |
Laura Secord (née Ingersoll; 13 September 1775 – 17 October 1868) was a Canadian woman involved in the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack. Her contribution to the war was little known during her lifetime, but since her death she has been frequently honoured in Canada. Though Laura Secord had no relation to it, most Canadians associate her with the Laura Secord Chocolates company
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