This picturesque but inaccurate 1908 depiction of Laura Secord encountering an American sentry propagates the erroneous belief that she had a cow with her on her journey, to allay the suspicions of the enemy militia.
Illustration by J.R. Skelton from H.E. Marshall's 'Our Empire Story'. Wikimedia Commons.
"The Americans pushed the British as far back as the Burlington Heights.
But they didn't chase them.
Instead they settled in at Fort George.
But they kept sentry posts throughout the area, they watched our homes, they took our guns. They took our boys. They took our elders. They took people right out of their beds.
They allowed James to stay, for which I was truly grateful. His injuries made him no risk to them at all."