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He took a job as a schoolteacher and later enlisted in the 7 th Connecticut Regiment. Gr 47About-to-be-executed spy Nathan Hale entertains his captors and readers by telling stories about US.

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In 1773 he graduated Yale College and got a job as a schoolmaster in a small school in East Haddam.

Nathan hale american revolution. Hale volunteered to go behind enemy lines to gather information for the Continental Army. James Hutson found out that another American tricked Hale into revealing his spy mission. Although he was neither a prominent military figure nor a Founding Father Nathan Hale is remembered as an American Revolutionary hero.

More than two centuries after Nathan Hale was hanged a sharp-eyed librarian discovered the hidden truth about his capture. Welcome to the Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Although rumors later surfaced that Hales capture was the result of a betrayal by.

Nathan Hale by Bela Pratt Washington DC. Nathan Hale graduated from Yale in 1773 at age 18. History in this popular graphic novel series.

The young schoolteacher-turned-officer-turned-spy was a hero to nineteenth-century Americans but they didnt know what he looked like as no contemporary likeness survived. Nathan Hale was born in Coventry on June 6 1755. Patriot and Martyr of the American Revolution Library of American Lives and Times Audio Audio CD Unabridged October 20 2011.

About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Nathan Hale was captured and executed as a spy at age 21. Dozens of schools across the country bear his name.

He was the son of Richard H. The subjoined account of him is copied from the Freemans Journal of February 18 1777. Little is known of his private history.

Hale of Coventry Connecticut and graduated at Yale College in 1773 with high honors. Born in Coventry Connecticut on June 6 1755 Hale graduated from Yale University in 1773 and was given a Master of Arts degree by the school three years later. The words Nathan Hale is said to have uttered just before being hanged as a spy by the British are among the best remembered of the Revolution.

Nathan Hale has long been a legend the martyred hero of the American Revolution. Patriot spy Nathan Hale was hanged by the British on the morning of September 22 1776. The following year he obtained a better position at a private academy in New London.

When he heard about the Revolution going on in America he went overseas and fought alongside Alexander Hamilton and George Washington for Americas independence. Nathan Hale 1755-1776 Connecticuts Nathan Hale is famous as the young spy who regretted that I have but one life to lose for my country when he was captured and executed by British troops in 1776. If you are visiting this site.

One year later the American Revolution began. Nathan Hale was a descendant of John Hale first minister of Beverly Massachusetts. From School Library Journal.

He was just 21 years old.