On Amazing Tales CT: why is Nathan Hale CT’s official State Hero? Did he really say, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,” before being hanged as America's first spy? Learn the story behind Hale. Find the podcast URL under commentsSubmitted by CTHistory42 t3_10loohq in Connecticut
ParsnipPizza2 t1_j60wucl wrote
Another take people might be interested in is The Martyr and the Traitor by Virginia DeJohn Anderson.
It talks about Hale, plus another young man from Connecticut (Moses Dunbar) who ended up spying for the British and being hanged. The broader historical question it explores is about how people chose sides and who gets remembered. Pretty cool book.
CTHistory42 OP t1_j610oob wrote
And the amazing thing was that, back then, even officers fought for one side or another - like CEOs shifting from one company to another today. Rogers (the guy who most historians say captured Hale) later fought for the Patriot side, after the Revolutionary War had ended. No hard feelings.
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