Inspiration to Live Your Magic: 75 Inspiring Biographies



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Laura Secord
In the early 1800s, when Laura Secord overheard American soldiers 
planning a sneak attack on a British/Canadian outpost, she traveled by 
foot through woods, fields, and rivers in enemy territory to warn the 
unsuspecting British and Canadian soldiers.
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The United States was still a British colony when Laura Secord was born there in 1775. 
A year later, the United States rebelled against Britain in the War of Independence. But 
some Americans, like Laura’s father, stayed loyal to Britain and fought against the rebels. 
Like many other “Loyalists,” he later moved his family to Canada, where the British still 
ruled. They settled in the Niagara Peninsula, near Niagara Falls and the American border.
At that time, there was still a lot of tension between Canadians and Americans. Then in 
1812, Britain and the United States went to war again, and this time the Americans tried 
to invade Canada. Laura Secord’s husband was seriously wounded in one of the early 
battles of that war, at nearby Queenston Heights. She rushed to the battlefield, rescued 
him, and brought him home. That was just the first example on record of her remarkable 
courage.
A year later, the war was turning into a seesaw struggle, with both sides trying to control 
the Niagara area. The Americans had taken over Secord’s neighborhood, and American 
officers would show up at her home demanding to be fed.
Apparently it was during one of these meals that Secord overheard them talking about 
their next military strategy - a surprise attack on a British/Canadian outpost twelve miles 
away. With her disabled husband unable to help, it was up to Secord. Did this petite, 


delicate-looking woman have the courage to sneak through enemy-held territory with her 
secret information?
It turned out that she had not only the courage, but also the smarts and determination to 
achieve her goal. Secord avoided American sentries on the roads by cutting through the 
woods, crossing rivers and fields on foot, without a map: ultimately covering more than 
twenty miles to reach her destination.
It took her all day and she arrived exhausted, but Laura Secord arrived in time. When the 
Americans attacked the next day, they didn’t have a chance - the British and Canadian 
soldiers were waiting for them.
Laura Secord received no official thanks or recognition for her brave act until she was 
eighty-five years old, but today there are monuments in her honor, and history books 
credit her with helping Canada win the War of 1812.
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