Plaque de Laura Ingersoll Secord

LAURA INGERSOLL SECORD
1775 - 1868

WHO SET OUT FROM HER HOME IN QUEENS-
TON EARLY IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 22,
1813, TO WALK AND ARDUOUS NINETEEN MIL-
ES TO WARN THE BRITISH OUTPOST AT DE
CEW FALLS OF AN IMPENDING AMERICAN
ATTACK. THE INFORMATION ENABLED THE
LOCAL BRITISH COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT
JAMES FITZGIBBON, AND HIS DETACHMENT
TO SURPRISE AND CAPTURE THE ENTIRE EN-
EMY FORCE AT THE BATTLE OF BEAVER DAMS
ON JUNE 24, 1813, THEREBY MARKING THE
TURNING POINT IN THE WAR OF 1812.

TO PERPETUATE HER MEMORY.