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Nathan Hale Was Hanged 240 Years ago Today
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:21 pm
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”
Such a patriot and only 21 years old when he was hung by the British in NYC.
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Such a patriot and only 21 years old when he was hung by the British in NYC.
quote:
From the memoirs of Captain William Hull, quoting British Captain John Montresor, who was present and who spoke to Hull under a flag of truce the next day:
"On the morning of his execution," continued the officer, "my station was near the fatal spot, and I requested the Provost Marshal [William Cunningham] to permit the prisoner to sit in my marquee, while he was making the necessary preparations. Captain Hale entered: he was calm, and bore himself with gentle dignity, in the consciousness of rectitude and high intentions. He asked for writing materials, which I furnished him: he wrote two letters, one to his mother and one to a brother officer. He was shortly after summoned to the gallows. But a few persons were around him, yet his characteristic dying words were remembered. He said, 'I only regret, that I have but one life to lose for my country.'
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This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 10:24 pm
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Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:22 pm to AlwysATgr
Hanged. Unless you mean his wang was big
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:22 pm to AlwysATgr
does he have a statue that can be torn down?
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:23 pm to AlwysATgr
He'd kneel for the anthem too
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:24 pm to AlwysATgr
quote:
Such a patriot and only 21 years old when he was hung by the British in NYC.
Damn. Couldn't even drink legally.
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:25 pm to AlwysATgr
True American
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:37 pm to AlwysATgr
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British General William Howe quickly ordered Hale to be executed.
According to the eyewitness account recorded inthe diary of British officer Frederick Mackenzie(sometimes spelled Mackensie), Hale did say some brave last words on the day he was hung.
But Mackenzie doesn’t mention the classic “I only regret…” quotation. Nor does any other eyewitness account.
Mackenzie’s diary does note:
“He behaved with great composure and resolution, saying he thought it the duty of every good Officer to obey any orders given him by his Commander-in-Chief; and desired the Spectators to be at all times prepared to meet death in whatever shape it might appear.”
Nearly five years later, on May 17, 1781, the Boston Independent Chronicle ran a story about Hale’s execution. It quoted him as saying:
“I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.”
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In the book The History of New England, published in 1799, authorHannah Adamswrote that Hale“lamented that he had but one life to lose for his country.”
Adams creditedWilliam Hull for her account. He was a former American general who may have been the source for the 1781 story in theBoston Independent Chronicle.
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Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:41 pm to AlwysATgr
They said he was hanged, and they were right.
I didn't realize he was that young.
'Murka!
I didn't realize he was that young.
'Murka!
Posted on 9/22/16 at 10:43 pm to TJGator1215
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TJGator1215
AKA Debbie Downer
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:11 am to upgrayedd
Facts breh
Posted on 9/23/16 at 3:44 am to TJGator1215
There was a book I had about the Civil War that had a bunch of memoirs and letters from participants.
One was about 2 kids about to be hanged.
I'm paraphrasing:
"We were on the march when we passed by the preparations for a hanging. It was for 2 boys, one 14 or 15 years old and the other maybe 11. They had been Rebel spies. The younger boy was crying. The older one kicked him and told him to show the Yankees how true men died."
One was about 2 kids about to be hanged.
I'm paraphrasing:
"We were on the march when we passed by the preparations for a hanging. It was for 2 boys, one 14 or 15 years old and the other maybe 11. They had been Rebel spies. The younger boy was crying. The older one kicked him and told him to show the Yankees how true men died."
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