HEROES: Death of a Yaleman

"A spy for the Enemy (by his own full Confession) Apprehended Last night, was this day Executed at 11 oClock in front of the Artilery Park."

—Notation in a British orderly book, 1776

In South Coventry, Conn. last week, a crowd of 2,000 gathered in the meadows and lawns of an old homestead to honor Nathan Hale, the young patriot-spy of the American Revolution on the 200th anniversary of his birth. In a large circus tent near the old Hale house, greetings from President Eisenhower were read, and Connecticut's Governor Abraham Ribicoff praised...

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