Nathan Hale volunteered as a spy for the Continental Army after graduating from Yale College. He was captured behind British lines in September 1776 and executed the next day at age 21. His last words before his execution were reported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Though he died young, Hale came to be remembered as a patriot who willingly gave his life for the cause of American independence.
Nathan Hale volunteered as a spy for the Continental Army after graduating from Yale College. He was captured behind British lines in September 1776 and executed the next day at age 21. His last words before his execution were reported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Though he died young, Hale came to be remembered as a patriot who willingly gave his life for the cause of American independence.
Nathan Hale volunteered as a spy for the Continental Army after graduating from Yale College. He was captured behind British lines in September 1776 and executed the next day at age 21. His last words before his execution were reported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Though he died young, Hale came to be remembered as a patriot who willingly gave his life for the cause of American independence.
Nathan Hale volunteered as a spy for the Continental Army after graduating from Yale College. He was captured behind British lines in September 1776 and executed the next day at age 21. His last words before his execution were reported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Though he died young, Hale came to be remembered as a patriot who willingly gave his life for the cause of American independence.
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Mr. Hale had been living in Connecticut for a while when the revolutionary war started. He Why did Nathan Hale decide to become a Spy? the joined the Connecticut militia a moth after turning 20 in July 1775 and was chosen First Lieutenant. 6 months later in January 1776, he was commissioned a captain in General George Washington's army, according to records. By August of 1776 alot had happened that left Washington in severe need of trustworthy information about the British's next move, so he started recruiting volunteers to penetrate enemy lines.
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