Hale Memorial: The Birthplace of Nathan Hale

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Hale Memorial: The Birthplace of Nathan Hale (1937)
by George Dudley Seymour

related authors: Nathan Hale (1755-1776).

A recreation of part of an earlier headstone that is now no longer erect

4255569Hale Memorial: The Birthplace of Nathan Hale1937George Dudley Seymour

HALE MEMORIAL
THE BIRTHPLACE OF NATHAN HALE

Durable stone preserve the monumental record Nathan Hale Esq. a Capt. in the army of the United States who was born June 6^th, 1755 and receiv'd the first honors of Yale College Sept. 1773. resign'd his life a sacrifice to his country's liberty at New York Sept. 22^d 1776. Etatis 22^d

Epitaph

His last words were:
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"

ERECTED A.D. 1937 BY
GEORGE DUDLEY SEYMOUR

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