Nathan Hale

NATHAN HALE

AMERICA’S FIRST WAR HERO

 

                              '"I only regret, that I have but one life to lose for my country.'"

 

 

A RECOMMENDATION

This piece is recommended to all politicians,                       particularly those in Washington D.C. (elected and appointed), their lawyers, and to all Americans everywhere.

 

For those of you who may never have heard of or have forgotten who Nathan Hale was and why his memory is so vital to understanding who we are and can be as Americans, this brief article is for you.

 

HE DIED TO HELP MAKE AMERICA & THE FOUNDING FATHERS POSSIBLE

 

There would have been no America and no Founding Fathers but for men and women like Nathan Hale, willing to sacrifice their lives during the Revolutionary War for a cause and country they honestly and truly loved and believed in. Of course, they only risked their lives, not like today’s politicians who face great risks (in their minds) of being nominated and hopefully, elected to political office. Wealth and influence was not what Nathan Hale sought. He died (for his love of country) by hanging on September 22, 1776 at the age of 21.

 

His Story (In Brief)

             At the age of 21, Nathan Hale was a captain in the 19th Regiment of the Continental Army, a volunteer, as were most young men and women. Women like Molly Pitcher. (Real name: Mary Ludwig Hays}She awaits another story.

 

A spy was desperately needed behind British lines. 21year old Nathan Hale volunteered and was, in time, discovered and hung by the British. His final words were, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

We quote, again and again, the guiding words of our Founding Fathers but rarely, if not at all, do we hear from our Revolutionary War Veterans, particularly their dyeing words. Now, you can read this young, American war hero’s final, heartfelt, uplifting words.

 

 

                                                                                         America!

 

A NATHAN HALE CITATION OF HONOR

 

Every American service veteran, having risked his or her life for America, should receive, with pride, a Nathan Hale Citation Of Honor. Such a Citation should be presented to ALL of America’s deserving veterans both present and past, alive or dead by the President, to honor their self-sacrificing for their country, having contributed with life and limb (beyond bravery) to making America forever great.

THE FIVE SULLIVAN BROTHERS

 

What better example is there than the five Sullivan brothers who died together during World War 2 while serving aboard the light cruiser Juneau, torpedoed November 13, 1942.

    

                            

                                                      The Five Sullivan Brothers

 

WHEN DID AMERICA EVER STOP BEING GREAT?

 

With Americans, like Nathan Hale and the Sullivan brothers, who sacrificed their lives for love of country there was never a time when America was not great. Nathan Hale, if he could speak from the grave (I have no doubt) would shout out “ When was America not great?” and he would shout out even louder, “Never!”

             

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     Bob Flicker

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 © robert 2014