Posted on 09/22/2020 7:59:35 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Have you heard this famous declaration before? American patriot Nathan Hale said it on September 22, 1776, his last words before he was hanged for spying on British troops. How did this come to pass? Hale, born in Coventry, Connecticut, on June 6, 1755, and a teacher by trade, joined his five brothers in the fight for independence against the British.
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take the statues down...
his third cousin twice removed owned a slave for a few days
Thx for posting it.
What a guy. One of my most all time favorite quotes.
Inspired my tagline!
He is a man who chose his side.
I hope if that time comes for me to choose, I can stand up and be counted.
Bookmarked.
Only 21 years old.
Back when Connecticut had real men.
#10. Today, Connecticut only has “CON-MEN” as politicians.
I’m originally from Willimantic , CT , just down the road apiece from Hale’s homestead . Never visited it when I lived in CT but did back in the early 90’s visiting from Japan with my wife and 3 year old daughter . Not many men around like Hale these days .
*** “Only 21 years old” ***
No Soy in that Man’s diet
Wow. I had no idea.
Nathan Hale is Connecticut’s state hero. Coventry High teams are the Patriots. His house is nice...
I always liked “I only regret that I have but one * for my country.” Don’t know who originated it.
How historic events connect: When Hale was captured in 1776 Washington sent a message to Howe asking him to let Hale go as he was just a young man who got in over his head- it wasn’t true but Washington tried anyway. Washington never forgot that act. In 1780 when Benedict Arnold’s spy master John Andre was captured, there was not a thought of trading him for American officers as the British expected. When Andre asked to be shot by firing squad Washington said NO and hung him “like the common criminal he was.”
A year later in North Carolina a retired Continental Army officer was persuaded to carry a few military papers by friends still in the army. He was captured and should have been able to “get away” with a jail sentence at that point.
But that didn’t happen. A three officer tribunal of British officers sentenced him to death. Two of them were Andre’s best friends.
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