200 years ago Niagara was occupied by American
troops.
And they
weren't happy camper-occupiers either.
Most were
farm boys doing their stint in the militia
and not
happy to be away from mom and home
AND in a
foreign land.
And the
Canadians weren't happy about being occupied.
So the
whole thing made for some nasty business.
But out
of the smoke of battle a heroine arose
and this week
the people of Niagara are honouring
her!
Saturday is
the 200th anniversary of Laura
Secord's
walk through enemy lines to warn
Lieutenant Fitzgibbon
of the impending attack
by the
Americans. You can read about her here.
I'm going
to be retracing her route with an awful
lot of
other people on Saturday and I thought I'd
take this
opportunity to show off my swag bag.
Okay,
forget the bag - I really wanted to show you
the big
fricken Laura Secord chocolate bar that was
in the
bag!!!! (Black rectangle, bottom left).
I know, I
know.
Laura
didn't have a chocolate bar to give her energy
on her long
trek through a wilderness filled with
rattlesnakes,
bears and enemies.
But hey, I won't
either!
I already
ate it.
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