olution," a society founded in 1876 to perpetuate the
memory and deeds of the war for American independence.
The presentation was made by the
president of the society, Mr. Frederic Samuel
Talhnadge, the grandson of Major Tallmadge,
Hale's classmate and fellow-captain. The statue is
of bronze and is by Frederick Macmonnies of Paris.
It represents Hale bareheaded, bound about his
arms and his ankles, ready for his death. It was
placed in City Hall Park where Hale was, for a
time, supposed to have been executed. On the
pedestal are graven his last wonderful words.

During the exercises at the unveiling of this
statue Dr. Edward Everett Hale said: "The occasion,
I suppose, is without a parallel in history.
Certainly, I know of no other instance where, more
than a century after the death of a boy of twenty-one,
his countrymen assembled in such numbers as
are here to do honor to his memory and to dedicate
the statue which preserves it.

"He died near this spot, saying, 'I am sorry
that I have but one life to give for my country.'
And because that boy said those words, and because
he died, thousands of other young men have given
their lives to his country; have served her as she
bade them serve her, even though they died as she
bade them die."

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