in Queenston. The Laura Secord Legacy Trail covers the 32 kilometer route of the journey she undertook from her homestead in Queenston to DeCew House in Thorold where she delivered her message to Lt. Fitzgibbon on 22 June 1813. Thomas Ingersoll's old home on Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Laura Secord's birthplace, was used as the town's Free Library from 1896 until 1913. The Mason Library replaced it and was built on the site. The Great Barrington Historic District Commission made 18 October 1997 Laura Secord Day, and dedicated a plaque in her honour at the site of the Mason Library. Laura Secord is the namesake of a number of schools, including Laura Secord Public School (also known as Laura Secord Memorial School, 1914–2010) in Queenston, École Laura Secord School in Winnipeg, Manitoba (built 1912), Laura Secord Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario and Laura Secord Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia. Beaver Dams Battlefield Park has a plaque dedicated to Secord. In 1992, Canada Post issued a Laura Secord commemorative stamp. In 2003, the Minister of Canadian Heritage declared Secord a "Person of National Historical Significance", and in 2006 Secord's was one of fourteen statues dedicated at the Valiants Memorial in Ottawa. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of her walk, Secord's image adorned a circulation quarter issued by the Royal Canadian Mint and a postage stamp from Canada Post. See also Sybil Ludington, a figure of the American Revolutionary War Laura Secord Legacy Trail Notes References Works cited Books Journals and magazines Newspapers Web Further reading External links Laura Secord's message to the Prince of Wales, 1860 Laura Secord Heritage Minute video at Historica Dominion "The Story of Laura Secord", Canadian reminiscences by EA Currie (1900) Laura Secord monument on Queenston Heights Poems about Laura Secord on the Niagara Falls Poetry Project 1775 births 1868 deaths British emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Canadian folklore Canadian people of the War of 1812 Women in war in Canada People from Great Barrington, Massachusetts People from the Regional Municipality of Niagara Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Pre-Confederation Ontario people Immigrants to Upper Canada Women in 19th-century warfare