Nathan Hale, born in Coventry, Connecticut, on June 6, 1755, graduated from Yale in 1773 and taught in this "Little Red School House at the fork in the road" from November 1, 1773 until May, 1774. A scholar, teacher, soldier, and martyr, he gave his life for his country on September 22, 1776, in New York City, when he uttered the immortal words, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."