What Revolutionary War hero, who regretted that he had but one life to give his country, was hung by the British on Sept 22, 1776?
Nathan Hale Nathan Hale Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed. Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut. Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, Connecticut, in 1755 to Richard Hale and Elizabeth Strong. In 1769, when he was fourteen years old, he was sent with his brother Enoch, who was sixteen, to Yale College.
Deeply Regretted By... Award at the Prague Film Festival. Deeply Regretted By... Deeply Regretted By... is a 1978 television play starring Joan O'Hara and Donall Farmer, with the script being written by Maeve Binchy. The movie is based upon the Binchy story "Death of Kilburn" that ran in "The Irish Times" and deals with issues of bigamy and emigration. "Deeply Regretted By..." follows an unnamed London widow who discovers that her marriage was a sham and that her Irish "husband" had deep secrets that he had been keeping from her. "Deeply Regretted By..." won two Jacob's Awards for Binchy's script and Farmer's performance.