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The Friends of Laura Secord is a not-for-profit community group dedicated to sharing the story of our best known national heroine, Laura Ingersoll Secord, whose heroic exploits contributed to the creation of the nation we now know as Canada. Thank you for visiting! 1901 bust of Laura Secord by Canadian sculptor Amelia Margaret Mildred Peel (1856-1920), at the Laura Secord gravesite in Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario   Laura Secord Minute courtesy of the Historica Dominion Institute		13.09.2014 Google celebrates Laura Secord's 239th birthday with Google Doodle graphic!! 21.06.2014 Laura Secord Day 2014 was a great success! 21.06.2013 H.R.H.Prince Charles sends greetings to the Friends of Laura Secord 01.05.2013 Laureen Harper joined in recreating the Laura Secord trek on its 200th anniversary  01.05.2013 Laura Secord’s historic walk immortalized in wilderness trail and opera 11.04.2013 Bridge will be in place for renowned War of 1812 trek 09.04.2013 Mapping the trek of Secord's accomplishment 14.03.2013 Valerie Pringle will walk into history to commemorate Laura Secord

Why celebrate Laura Secord?

On the evening of June 21, 1813, Laura Secord overheard American officers billeted at her home in Queenston discuss plans to capture a British outpost located at John DeCew's House, 32 kilometres away, near the area called Beaver Dams. Early the next morning, Laura left her wounded husband and young children and walked through enemy lines and dangerous terrain to warn the British and their aboriginal allies of this impending attack by American forces. After many hours of difficult travel on an exceptionally hot and humid day, she encountered an encampment of native allies who escorted her to DeCew House.

The commanding officer, Lt. James Fitzgibbon, positioned his small contingent of troops and allied aboriginal forces at a strategic interception point along the route, and secured the surrender of nearly 600 American troops at the decisive Battle of Beaver Dams.