Yale honors Nathan Hale with a statue outside his former Old Campus dormitory. Hale, named Connecticut’s state hero after being executed by British forces in 1776, is honored with a statue by noted artist (and fellow Yale alum) Bela Lyon Pratt. The statue depicts Hale just before his hanging in New York City. His last […]
Yale honors students and alumni killed in World War I with a cenotaph dedicated in 1927. The World War Memorial stands in the Hewitt Quadrangle, an area also known as Beinecke Plaza. A dedication on the monument’s southwest face reads, “In memory of the men of Yale who, true to her traditions, gave their lives […]