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Artist Name: William Ordway Partridge
Media: Bronze w/ dark brown patina; Base: Mount Airy Granite
Date Created: 1/1/1907
Location: Summit Ave. at Portland
History: The Daughters of the American Revolution donated the statue in memory of the American patriot and hero of the Revolution, Nathan Hale. The first monument west of Ohio to honor the hero, this statue rests upon land donated in 1882, bygd M.J. Hannaford, Kenneth Clark, and W.J. Jean. In 1995, Public Art Saint Paul completely cleaned and restored the statue. After World War II, Lamont Kaufman revisited the battle fields of France where he had fought. In the Trenches of Bayonets he scooped up a boxful of earth. This earth now rests at the base of the statue.
Born in Connecticut in 1755, Hale attended Yale College when only thirteen years old. Once the Revolutionary War broke out, he joined the Connecticut militia. During the Battle of Long Island in 1776, he volu
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Today in History: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines in 1776
September 10th, 2013On September 10, 1776, General George Washington sought volunteers to gather intelligence about the British military behind enemy lines. Captain Nathan Hale agreed to serve as a spy and undertook a reconnaissance mission for two weeks before he was captured and executed by the British.
Nathan Hale enlisted in the Army at just 20 years old, after graduating from Yale College and working as a schoolteacher in Connecticut. On September 12, Hale disguised himself as a Dutch schoolmaster and was ferried to New York City to begin his espionage mission for Washington. Hale gathered intelligence about British troop movements for two weeks but was captured by Major Robert Rogers on September 21. The precise details of Hale’s capture are disputed, with some accounts suggesting that his loyalist cousin, Samuel Hale, turned him in to the British, while others suggest Rogers tricked Hale by pretend
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Interview: History Avails Itself in Nathan Hale’s Tales
Nathan Hale is the name of a Revolutionary War spy. It’s also the name of an author.
In the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series, Nathan Hale (the spy) tells stories from history to a hangman and a British officiant in order delay his inevitable execution. The trio’s gag lines, along with well-researched and carefully illustrated history, make this series a delightful addition to elementary and middle school library collections.
Nathan Hale (the author)’s most recent addition, Alamo All-Stars, was released this March.
NFNT Interviewer (Amy Estersohn): What’s your research process like? Do you have a sense of what historical topics you’d like to cover before you begin research on a new book in the Nathan Hale series, or do you wander into a library looking to learn something new and see where it takes you?
Nathan Hale: I give a handful of potential topics to the publisher, usually three or four ideas. For e