Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-23

Eastern Connecticut has had a long list of men identified as leaders with the affairs of the state and nation and none takes a higher place among them than Nathan Hale, born in Gov entry, resident in New London. and d figure known throughout this sec ton. Yale men have always been proud of 1tale's devotion to what nas ever been Yale's ideal public service, and Eastern Connecticut people have taken like pride in sending forth such q man from their midst, and at this time, when q movement is on foot which has for its object the erec- tion of monument on the public grounds at Washington, D. C.. in memory of the Reyoluntiary patriot and distinguished son of Connecticut. On Saturday Congressman Augustine Ionnergari introduced in the house of representatives bill calling for a government appropriation of slo0,00o, for this purpose.
 This is what a writer in the Hart fcrd Courant says of Hale, and his life. a story that is worth impressinE well: and of the present movement in his honor:
 Tributes to Hales memory at Yale a bronze statue by Bella Lyon Pratt or Hale Is to be erected on the college campus near old Connecticut naIl' Hale's college home
 In the national statuary hall In the capitol, Connections is represented by two statues. These figures were pre- sented to the government by this state in 1872, fitting and merited mem orials to Roger Sherman and John- athan Trumbull
 The first memorial to the memory of Hale was erected in the town of his birth, Coventry. The next mem orial after the one in Coventry was the statue erected by the state o1 Connecticut at the capitol in this city Other memorial to him are the Ma than Hale sehoolhouse in Huntington street in New London and the Nathan Hale Grammar school, also in New London Besides the statue at the cap itol in this city there is the one at the Antheneum, standing in fine position The sculptor was a Hartford man Enoch Woods, and he did the work | at the request of James J. Good win, who presented it to the institu- | tion in 1894.
 In Norwalk where Hale changed i his captains uniform for the sobel disguise of a schoolmaster, an orna- mental fountain to his memory wa' | erected in 1901.
 | Conuectieut's most imposing cere- mony in honor of Hale was on th' occasion of the restoration of the Ma than Hale sc1oolhouse on Bunker HI 1 Coventry Remembers It's Son. | As is we'll known to the public 1T 1 this neighborhood, Coventry, in T Jl' land county, has the proud distinction l of having been the birthplace of Ma | than Hale. In a picturesque sectlor | of the town. in a two story farmhouse 1 built of wood, Richard Hale and Eliz abeth Strong Hale lived with their l: l children Nathan was born June s | 1755, and was the sixth child. Historf cal records depict Deacon Richard l Hale as a serious man who went ,t | bed with the swallows and arose witl | the lark, and insisted upon his boys do 1 ing likewise. Young Hale's boyhoot
 was spent in Coventry and was no | unusual, barring his remarkable pro | ficiency in athletic pastimes.
 In addition to the Nathan Hal' I birthplace, the town of Coventry hal | another enduring reminder of th' | cornmunity's distinguished son. l On elevated ground near the Con 1 gregational church in South Coventry overlooking the popular Lake Wau gumbaug, in which the lad angied fo ] bass in his boyhood, the Hale memo l rial looms impressively. It Is one o the points of interest in eastern Con
 necticut and visitors go many mile off their route to see it.
 Entitled to All Distinction. The exemplary life and tragic deatl of Hale are so closely interwoven il the history of this state. as well as Il the chronicles of the nation, that thAr are thousands of patriotic Connection citizens who would be highly please to see a monument to the distinguishe patriot of the constitution state in tn
 national capital. That the brillianc,
 of his career and the value of his ser vice to his country fully entitle him t
 this distinction will be conceded by al
 who are familiar with Revolutionas-
 history.
 Born in this section of Connection
 educated at Yale. betrothed to a wom
 an who spent her life in this vicinit,
 and commemorated by many monl
 ments in this neighborhood, the caree
 of this patriot appeals particularly t
 the people of Connecticut.
 Hale's Life at Yale.
 Many memories link Hale with Y3l
 college He entered at the age of Il
 at a period when the students mum
 bered SO. and during the presidency (
 the elder Dwight. He proved to I one of the best all round athletes
 the college and made an excellent rec