Nathan Hale Statue, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
I will embarassingly admit that I couldn’t remember exactly who Nathan Hale was when I took this photo. When I got home I looked him up in Wikipedia and realized he was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and is considered to be America’s first spy. Hale volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission and was caught. When he wouldn’t tell the British anything they hanged him. Right before he was killed he gave a speech that included this famous quote: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” So now I remember… and hopefully won’t forget.
Hale’s statue is located in front of what is the original entrance to the Tribune Tower. Read more on the history of Tribune Tower and the Nathan Hale statue there.
Not to be all 6th-grade humor, but doesn’t it look like he peed his pants? Someone should fix that!
2 responses so far ↓
1 pjm // Jul 25, 2006 at 6:41 am
I think the story they tell about the Hale statue at Yale is to point out that Hale never sat for a portrait (let alone a statue) while he was alive - so the model for the statue was just a random undergrad.
2 Sarah // Jul 25, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Does anyone else think he looks a little like a young Tim Robbins?
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