On September 10, Nathan Hale, a young schoolteacher from Connecticut, signed up to be a spy for the Continental Army, eventually becoming a hero of the American Revolution who symbolized the spirit of sacrifice and patriotism. Born in 1755, Hale came of age in…
Read MoreOn July 31, 1777, a 19-year-old French aristocrat, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, received a commission, without pay, from the Continental Congress making him a major-general in the Continental Army. Lafayette had developed a great interest in the colonial…
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