The Property
Behind the house is a barn where visitors can watch a short video on the life of Nathan Hale and his contributions to the Revolution. There is a small statue of him exactly like the one that stands in the Governor's Mansion. Both were created by Bela Lyon Pratt. The statue was stolen from the homestead on April 4, 2007. It was returned when the police received an anonymous tip on April 13 of that year.
Surrounding the house is the Nathan Hale State Forest, maintained by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
Next to the house is a corn field that is planted every year. In October, friends of the Hale Homestead put on a haunted corn maze.
In front of the homestead is a triangular grassy plot of land containing maple trees planted by Nathan's nephew David Hale Junior in 1812. The area has come to be known as the Holy Grove, in part because neighbors used to hold prayer meetings there.
Read more about this topic: Nathan Hale Homestead
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—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
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