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Nathan Hale By: Will Schreiner

Nathan Hale was an amazing patriot from the Revolutionary War. He was a man who didn't change the war but still managed to change history. If he wasn't born the war still probably still would have been won but the world would be different. Other men might have not shown the same courage, bravery and loyalty. Thus is the story of Nathan Hale.

On June the sixth 1755 Nathan Hale was born. He had a large family. He was one of twelve siblings. Sadly only one of his sibling’s names is known, his brother Enoch. His mother was Elizabeth Hale and his father was Richard Hale. Even though his family was large they lived at a large farm and still had enough money to send Nathan and Enoch to Yale.

When Nathan was fourteen he went to Yale with his brother Enoch. Nathan was an excellent student. He read a lot of books when he wasn't at a class or doing homework. He was very athletic; he was also very good at wrestling. Benjamin Tallmadge who also would be a patriot spy was a classmate. Nathan was a very good scholar and was so good he was able to be a teacher.

Nathan had a job as a teacher. He taught a class of all boys. At the time period Nathan Hale lived in, girls didn’t receive education like boys. Nathan however thought differently so every morning before the boy’s class Nathan gave a class to the girls. Nathan was considered a very good teacher.

Nathan Hale played no role whatsoever in the revolutionary war. The one thing that Nathan did that might have changed the results of the war is he stole a shipload of weapons from the British. However Nathan Hale was a very dedicated patriot. He gave his reputation [back then spying was thought to be for liars] and life for America being free from the clutches of King George the Third. Nathan Hale’s mission as a spy was to gather information about the British troops on Long Island. Although Nathan was caught spying, and later hung by British troops he was a very dedicated Patriot.

Nathan Hale was hung on September the twenty-second at age twenty-one. The British troops said that he was remarkably calm before he met his demise. Before Nathan died his last immortal words were “I only regret that I only have one life to lose for my country” were copied from the play Cato. No one knows the exact location of hale’s body. Nathan Hale was truly an amazing man.