NathanHale•TheAmericannationalhero•IonlyregretthatIhavebutonelifetoloseformycountry.Name:NathanHaleNationality:AmericaBirthplace:Coventry,ConnecticutBirthday:6thJune,1755Enddate:22thoct,1776Occupation:soldier,spySchool:YaleCollegeNathanHale•NathanHalewasborninCoventry,Connecticutin1755.•NathanHalewasasoldierfortheContinentalArmyduringtheAmericanRevolutionaryWar..•NathanHalewasexecutedasaspybytheBritishin1776.Earlyexperience•In1768,whenhewasfourteenyearsold,hewassentwithhisbrotherEnochtoYaleCollege.•Graduatingwithfirst-classhonorsin1773,Nathanbecameateacher,firstinEastHaddamandlaterinNewLondon.Militarylife•OnJuly6,1775,hejoinedtheregularContinentalArmy's7thConnecticutRegimentunderColonelCharlesWebbofStamford.•AftertheRevolutionaryWarbeganin1775,hejoinedaConnecticutmilitiaandwaselectedfirstlieutenant.HeroicMartyrdom•Hevolunteeredforanintelligence-gatheringmission,butwascapturedbytheBritish.•WidelyconsideredAmerica'sfirstspy.Commemorate•HeisbestrememberedforhisspeechbeforebeinghangedfollowingtheBattleofLongIsland.•StatuesofNathanHalearelocatedattheheadquartersoftheCIAinLangley,FairfaxCounty,Virginia,theFederalTriangleinWashington,D.C.,downtownChicago,onthecampusatYaleUniversity,andintheTulaneUniversityLawSchoolreadingroom.THANKS