Monday, September 22, 2008

America's First Spy

As a 21-year-old captain in the Continental Army whose spotless moral character was universally admired, Nathan Hale courageously volunteered in September 1776 for the dangerous mission of reconnoitering British army positions in the New York City area; he was captured and hanged on Manhattan Island on Sept. 22, 1776. -- Read the actual account.

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