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Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed.
Nathan Hale is a bronze statue of American Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale (1755–1776) which stands in front of the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois. The statue depicts Hale moments before he was executed for spying on the Kingdom of Great Britain. The original statue was sculpted in 1899 by Bela Pratt and installed at Yale University in ...
Serbs being executed in Austria-Hungary in World War I. This is a list of people who died as a result of hanging, ... Nathan Hale, American patriot (22 September 1776)
September 22 – American Revolution: Nathan Hale executed in New York City for espionage. September 28 – The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 is ratified. [11]
Irish-born British soldier/deserter convicted of mutiny, sedition and treason against the patriots; he was the first person executed for treason against what would become the United States. He was jailed for passing counterfeit money, tried and executed for above-referenced charges. William Tryon: Nathan Hale: 22 September 1776
Some historians have claimed that on 22 September 1776, Richmond was one of the hangmen who executed Nathan Hale. [8] However, Luke G. Williams, in his biography of Richmond, entitled Richmond Unchained, claims that the Richmond who served as the hangman of Hale was not Bill Richmond, but another man of the same surname. Williams writes that:
Captain Nathan Hale is a bronze statue of Nathan Hale (1755–1776), a schoolteacher from Connecticut, who enlisted in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was stationed in Boston, but was later transferred to the New York City area. While in New York, Hale acted as a spy against the Kingdom of Great Britain's army. He ...
In a well-executed manoeuvre, a large column led by Howe and Clinton passed around the American left flank and through the lightly guarded Jamaica Pass far to the east (a ridge of hills running east to west bisected the island, with a series of lower entrances that were all guarded by Continentals except inexplicably to the farthest east at ...