NATHAN HALE ~ June 6, 1755 ~ September 22, 1776

Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy, he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was captured by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give my country." Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut. A statue of Nathan Hale is located at the headquarters of the CIA in Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia.

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Nathan Hale had gone to Yale College. There's a handsome life-size bronze statue of him outside Connecticut Hall, the sole surviving brick building from the original campus in New Haven.