Nathan Hale was born on June 6, 1755, in Coventry, Connecticut. He was a well organized and athletic person.

Nathan Hale attended college at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut from when he was 14 until the time he was 16 He graduated from Yale and became a teacher at age 18. His students and friends said that Nathan Hale had a very friendly personality.

At the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1775, his spirit and patriotism got him a position as a lieutenant in the Continental Army. The following year, his work as a lieutenant was so good that he got promoted to a Captain. He took the position of Captain on the Rangers group. The Rangers were known for their bravery and courage in dangerous missions.

In September of 1776, George Washington was planning to infiltrate the British by going behind enemy lines in New York. Once Nathan Hale heard about this, he immediately went to his superior who was Major Thomas Knowlton.

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The plan was set into action. Nathan Hale went behind the enemy lines disguised as a Dutch Schoolmaster. He successfully penetrated the British in New York. He recovered very important military information. Unfortunately, on September 21, 1776, the night he was planning to go home, he was arrested by British Soldiers. The arrest was supposedly linked with the betrayal of his loyalist cousin. Commander-in-Chief of the British, General William Howe, tried to bribe Nathan Hale into coming onto the British side. He refused. On September 22, 1776, Nathan Hale was hanged. He truly gave blood and spirit to our country. Before he died, he said these words of a true American, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."    Here's a great site on Nathan Hale. Read about Captain Nathan Hale at The Connecticut Society on the Sons of the Revolution