Nathan Hale - Named After Hale

Named After Hale

  • The hamlet of Halesite (formerly Huntington Harbor) in Suffolk County, Long Island, is named after Hale. There is a memorial plaque set into a large boulder, which was removed from the beach nearby where Hale is thought to have landed on his fateful mission.
  • Nathan Hale Army Depot, a U.S. Army installation, is located in Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Fort Nathan Hale, a Revolutionary War-era fort and historic site in New Haven, Connecticut, is named after him.
  • The Nathan Hale Inn and Nathan Hale dormitory on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, CT, are named after Hale.
  • The Nathan Hale dormitory, traditionally a freshman girl's dorm, at Phillips Academy is named after Hale.
  • Nathan Hale Hall is a Building at Farmingdale State College in Farmingdale, NY, which is home to Biology and Art Centers.
  • Nathan Hale Hall is a Barracks Building at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
  • Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Organized June 6, 1900 in East Haddam, CT. Ceremony took place at the one-room schoolhouse where he once taught.
  • High schools named after Hale include Nathan Hale-Ray High School in East Haddam, Connecticut (where he was schoolmaster), Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Washington and high schools in West Allis, Wisconsin and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • Middle schools named after Hale include Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School in East Haddam, Connecticut, Nathan Hale Middle School in Norwalk, Connecticut (the departure point for his final mission), Captain Nathan Hale Middle School in Coventry, Connecticut (his birthplace), as well as middle schools in Northvale, New Jersey; Omaha, Nebraska; Cleveland, Ohio and Crestwood, Illinois .
  • There are elementary schools named after Hale in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, New London, Connecticut (where he was schoolmaster), as well as Enfield, Connecticut, Manchester, Connecticut, Meriden, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut, Whiting, Indiana; Schaumburg, Illinois; Mesa, Arizona; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lansing, Illinois, Crestwood, Illinois, Carteret, New Jersey, Northvale, New Jersey,and in Chicago, Illinois.
  • The United States Navy submarine USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623) was named in his honor.
  • The Nathan Hale Ancient Fife and Drum Corps from Coventry, Connecticut, is named after him and includes a division called Knowlton's Connecticut Rangers.
  • The main character of Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 is named Nathan Hale.
  • "Nathaniel Hale" Battalion is the name of the Battalion for Army ROTC Based at UCONN, With Knowlton Company (Company A) at UCONN(University Of Connecticut) and Sillman Company (Company B) at Sacred Heart University

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