From the March 1, 2023, Niagara Now "History shines spotlight on brave women of War of 1812" by Somer Slobodian.
Mary Madden Henry handed the hard-pressed troops hot beverages and food as the fighting continued around her. It was a sight that would remain etched in the minds of those soldiers from then on.
And, these soldiers were British and Canadian, not Americans as I at first thought.
It was May 1813 and the Americans had just attacked British troops at Fort George, now Niagara-on-the-Lake. Amid the fighting, Mary Henry, who was married to the lighthouse keeper Dominic Henry, surely knew the risk she was taking. She still braved the prospect of injury or death to help the troops.
--Brock-Perry
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