Laura Secord
- Date: February 01, 2008
- Level: High School, 11th grade
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- Length: 3 pages (745 words)
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beaver dams, james secord, succesfull business, responsible nature, laura secord, fitzgibbons, ...prisoners of war, household goods, surprise attack, heade, frame house, upper canada, war of 1812, wealthy family, sad day, ingersoll, heroine, natives, lieutenant, right direction
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In Canada, the name Laura Secord is linked with chocolates, sweets and ice cream. What most people are not aware of is that Laura Secord is named for a heroine of the War of 1812. Laura Ingersoll was born in 1775, to a wealthy family in Massachusetts. Laura was responsible in taking care of her younger sisters following their mothers’ death. Her responsible nature is what carried her to make a decision that would save her country. The war of 1812 was a war between the British and the United States, which established the borders that ran the length of the countries.
Laura met her husband, James Secord when her family moved to Upper Canada ...
... were at that period
occupied by American troops. During their
frequent visits at there house she overheard them
planning a surprise and night attack upon a
detachement of British soldiers stationed near
the Beaverdams, under the command of Lieut.
FitzGibbon….
Many times the accounts were not accurate, such as this but it gave the main facts. Laura did not get
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20 November, 2009 19:34:00
I learnt about Laura Secord !! Wow!! Awesome!! Good job!
