With some additional interesting details.
Laura Secord's story is history. And it really shouldn't surprise us that Canadian
children grew up with a story that's pretty much a mirror image of Paul Revere's
midnight ride. In the war of 1812 Secord learned of an impending American attack
on British troops, and walked something like 30 kilometers to a British encampment
in order to warn the British, in this way allowing them to prepare for the attack,
and take the Americans prisoner. But in a manner similar to the Paul Revere story,
parts of Laura's - making part of her trek to warn the British barefoot, or taking
a cow along with her so that she wouldn't appear suspicious - have taken on qualities
of myth, and are those best remembered by adults who vaguely recall being told
a story when in school. Interestingly, Laura's father was an American who left
the States for Canada, not because he was a loyalist, but simply because he felt
he could find better economic opportunities there.
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