5 Facts About Me

• When I was fourteen, my brother and I were sent to Yale University.
• Before the war had started, I had graduated from college and worked as a teacher.
• When the war did start, I enlisted in the Connecticut Militia and was elected first lieutenant.
• When I had moved to the Continental Army, I had been promoted to Captain and led a small unit of Lt. Col's army.
• After I had made my speech, and was hanged, I was designated state hero of Connecticut.
  

Thorough Explanation of my Death

Here is a journal entry I wrote. (Not actually real)

Dear Journal,
It is late August, and today I volunteered to sneak behind enemy lines to spy on the British, after the British won the Battle of Long Island and has taken over New York City. General Washington has retreated his troops back to the islands northern tip in Harlem Heights.

Sincerely,
Nathan Hale

Later afterwards, on September 21, 1776, there was a big fire later called the Great New York Fire of 1776. People said that this fire was started by the Americans last attempt to prevent the British from taking over the area, even if Congress rejected the idea. Some say that the fire was started by the British to scare away of the remaining Patriots in the area. But, the truth remains, there was 200 people rounded up that day, and i was one of them...

How exactly did the British figure out that I was a Patriot? I'm not even sure. According to a shopkeeper in Connecticut, I was met by Major Robert Rogers in a Tavern. Supposedly, he saw through my disguise and I was dragged back to British headquarters. Others say that my loyalist cousin reported me to the British.

I met General Howe in a place in rural Manhattan. He questioned me, searched me, and found the notes I had been taking for the Patriots. I was officially declared a spy. The traditional rule is that spy's were hanged as illegal combatants. So the next day, I was to be hanged.

On September. 22, 1776, after spending the night in the greenhouse of the mansion, I was marched down to the artillery. I was asked one final time if I wanted to be spared and use my skills for the British. I refused without even flinching. The general asked if I had any last regrets, this is what I said, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." I was 21 when I died but I had lived a fulfilling life.

The Reason for my Fame

The reason that I'm known is because of one sentence:"I have but one regret, that I have only but one life to lose for my country." This is what I said when I was hanged. This is the speech that supposedly showed the British, the courage of the Patriots and how important freedom was to us.

My Role in The Building of this Nation

My job in the building of this nation was not really a big part, but still big enough. I was to spy on the british and report back to the Patriots. I will go into further detail later.

Nathan Hale

I was first born in Conventry, Connecticut on June, 6. 1768. I was hanaged in New York on September, 22, 1776.

• information was found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale