By Julia Sacco, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With political tensions rising between Canada and the United States, it may be the perfect time for Niagara-on-the-Lake to call upon a woman who Canadian history remembers for helping to thwart a surprise American attack against British troops in Queenston — Laura Secord. Caroline McCormick is president of the Friends of Laura Secord and the great-great-great granddaughter of Secord herself. When she first moved to NOTL around 2011, McCormick took the reigns to honour Laura Secord during War of 1812 commemorations. “As a direct descendent of Laura Secord, I felt that I had the burden of taking some plans on,” she said Now, having established the Laura Secord Legacy Trail and building the First Nations Peace Monument at the terminus of the trail,…
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