[Pharmboy]

Although I usually do not post material relating to anniversaries or reenactments, I made a "keeper o' the list" prerogative exception today, the 235th anniversary of Mr. Hale's hanging. I often passed this plaque (below) as I walked home from work when I lived in Manhattan, and would leave flowers at its base when I was around town on July 4th. This is on the NW corner of 66th and Third. Now, near Bloomingdale's and Starbucks, this place little resembles the fortified clearing in the woods that it was in 1776.

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Another footnote to history has it that General Washington--reluctant as he was to hang Major John André (the Brit spymaster who ran Benedict Arnold)--did hang him in part as retaliation for Hale's hanging.

[ml/nj]

This is on the NW corner of 66th and Third. Now, near Bloomingdale's and Starbucks, this place little resembles the fortified clearing in the woods that it was in 1776.

Everything's near a Starbucks these days. Bloomingdale's is at 59th Street, or at least it was 40 years ago when I lived near there briefly. I never saw the sign.

ML/NJ

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks Pharmboy. Thanks, your "keeper o' the list prerogative" turns out to be transferable. :') To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[aculeus]

He was hanged for espionage 235 years ago today, near what’s now 66th Street and Third Avenue, when the British Army caught him spying on its plans to invade Manhattan.

Thanks for this. I lived on the upper east side for years but didn't know about this plaque.

Other UES trivia: York Avenue is named after Sergeant York of WW I fame. (It was Avenue A 'till then.)

[thefactor]

Hale's statue in front of City Hall in NYC: