Title:
Hale school to sit atop burial site
Subjects:
New London (Conn.)
Historic preservation
Historic preservation
Object ID:
scr-022-086
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London
Pubication Date:
07/21/1988
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
School where Nathan Hale taught in the 1700s is being moved to Union Plaza in New London. Had been moved in 1901 to Ye Atientist [sic] Burial Ground on Hempstead Street. City Council suggested Williams Park on Broad Street before deciding upon Union Plaza, which is itself built on the site of the burial ground for New London's First Episcopal Church. Historian Lucille Showalter comments.
People:
Hale, Nathan (1755-1776)
Showalter, Lucille
Showalter, Lucille