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Laura Secord remained unknown for most of her life. She only gained acknowledgement for her heroic efforts after writing to the visiting Prince of Wales in 1860.
We may never know all the factual details of Laura Secord's travails, but we can now, thanks to Klunder, imagine her trek through the fearsome woods in vivid, atavistic detail.
WALK THE TRAIL: The Laura Secord Legacy Trail was inaugurated on June 22, 2013, with suitable fanfare and pomp: costumed re-enactors, marching bands and a service with a message from the British ...
Laura Secord was Massachusetts-born, but her loyalist family had moved north. In 1813, invading American soldiers were quartered in her home, her husband had been injured in battle, ...
Laura Secord is attributed with playing a critical role turning the tide of the War of 1812. In 1813, she learned that American soldiers planned to surprise the British and Canadians at Beaver Dams.
Laura Secord’s story had failed to fully surface. According to Bottomley and Leveille, her role in the 1813 Battle of Beaver Dams was virtually ignored throughout the 19th century and subject to ...
In Niagara-on-the-Lake, The Friends of Laura Secord are busy preparing for the 200th anniversary of her famous walk that helped save Canada and win the War of 1812.
In Laura Secord’s Brave Walk, June Lawrason skilfully handles the more difficult task of showing the Secords’ home life and also battlefield chaos. Trottier’s Laura works very well for children nine ...
They sounded like musket shots fired over my right shoulder. Four of them. One. Two. Three. Four. By the second shot, I knew it was simply a gun being fired at the shooting range around the corner ...
In Laura Secord’s Brave Walk, June Lawrason skilfully handles the more difficult task of showing the Secords’ home life and also battlefield chaos. Trottier’s Laura works very well for children nine ...
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