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Laura Secord (née Ingersoll; 13 September 1775 – 17 October 1868) was a Canadian heroine of 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.
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Canadian coins feature Laura Secord. Long before her name became synonymous with chocolate, Laura Secord (1775-1868) played a critical part in our nation's success during the War of 1812.
During the War of 1812, Laura Secord walked 30 km from Queenston to Beaver Dams, near Thorold, Ontario, to warn British Lieutenant James FitzGibbon that the Americans were planning to attack his outpost. The story of her trek has become legendary, and Secord herself mythologized in Canadian history. Laura Secord's Dwelling. In Queenston ...
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1 de may. de 2024 · Laura Secord (born Sept. 13, 1775, Great Barrington, Mass.—died 1868) was a Canadian loyalist in the War of 1812. She moved to Canada with her family in the 1780s. On learning of an impending U.S. attack on the British outpost of Beaver Dams (1813), she walked through U.S. lines to warn the British commander; with the advance ...
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Laura Secord was a heroine of the War of 1812. Unsung in her lifetime, she has become an icon of Canadian patriotism since. Painting by Lorne Kidd Smith, c. 1920.
13 de dic. de 2021 · Laura Ingersoll Secord was a hero of the War of 1812 who walked 32 kilometres out of American-occupied territory to warn British forces of a looming attack by the Americans. Born to rebel parents in Massachusetts, Secord moved to the Niagara region of Upper Canada with her family in 1795.
20 de mar. de 2017 · Almost everyone knows the story: during the War of 1812 (which pitted pre-Confederation Canada against the teenaged United States of America), Laura Secord braved wild animals, rough terrain...
