Friday, May 30, 2014

Learn more about Connecticut hero and Yale grad Nathan Hale at his Coventry home

The 259th birthday of Connecticut’s State Hero Nathan Hale: farm boy, school teacher, (Yale University grad!) and soldier/spy will be celebrated from noon to 4 p.m. June 7 at the Nathan Hale Homestead, 2299 South Street in Coventry, according to a release from Connecticut Landmarks.
 
 "Special activities include herb garden tours, school house talks with the school master, and the
opportunity to meet a Continental soldier," the release said.
 
Visit the homestead kitchen for birthday cake and lemonade, and browse in the new Museum Store, the release said.
 
Free admission to the event and house tours.
 
Don't forget either that New Haven has a Fort Nathan Hale. And Yale has a statue in honor of its graduate too.


You also can join the Connecticut Landmarks celebration in honor of the re-opening and preservation of the Amos Bull House, Hartford’s oldest brick structure and the first Connecticut building to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Connecticut Landmarks properties will offer free admission from  noon to 4 p.m June 7.


"The Amos Bull House & the attached Butler-McCook Carriage House now house CTL's administrative offices, archival research center & state-of-the art Community Education Center. Take part in our state-wide celebration at these historically significant houses near you: the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden in Bethlehem, the Butler-McCook House & Garden and Isham-Terry House in Hartford, the Hempsted Houses in New London, the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry and the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden in Suffield."

 

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