Monthly Archives: July, 2009
NATHAN HALE 1755-1776 American Superhero
Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, Connecticut, and educated at Yale. He volunteered for service at the outbreak of the War for Independence, participated in the siege of Boston and was promoted to the rank of captain. Following the Continental Army’s ouster from Long Island, a pressing need was felt for information about British activities [...]
GEORGE WASHINGTON 1789-1797 American Superhero
GEORGE WASHINGTON 1789-1797 On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. “As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent,” he wrote James Madison, “it [...]
