![]() ![]() Madeleine de Verchères’ courage is legendary. Her success in accomplishing the impossible bore fruit, her courage a testimony to the valor of youth with no thought of self, but only what actions and self-imposed endurance will preserve for a family, a community, and a nation. Her sense of responsibility and duty to others undergirded her determination-amazing determination-to hold a fort in the wilderness against all odds. Lawrence River, a small figure, musket in hand, a memorial of gratitude to a person whose courageous efforts helped take a foothold in the wilderness, helped to forge a nation.Īnd she was a girl. Canada values the feat of courage and fortitude displayed by one of her pioneers so much that a statue stands on the bank of the St. ![]() My children and I just finished reading a book about a hero of those brutal, wintry regions. As I write, the temperatures in Virginia rival the bitter winters of the far north. ![]()
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