Title

Laura Secord

Description

en-CA Laura Ingersoll Secord died in 1868 at the age of ninety three. She is Canada's most famous heroine. Born in Massachusetts she came to Canada at the age of twenty and during her lifetime the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and the Fenian Raids all occurred. The family homestead was located in Queenston Ontario and it was from here that she made her famous walk through twenty miles of wild countryside to alert troops of the impending American attack. The family later moved to Chippawa. Both houses still exist today. Laura Secord is buried in the Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Canada

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=89708

Medium

Photograph

Extent

5" x 7" black & white portrait

Is Part Of

Francis J. Petrie Collection

General Photograph Collection

locator

LHC - Portraits/Biographical

Rights Holder

Public Domain

Subject

Portraits - Biographical

number

D10560

Format

Photograph

Date Created

2002-11-16

Date Modified

2005-01-20