Captain Nathan Hale (statue)

Captain Nathan Hale is a bronze statue of Nathan Hale, by Bela Lyon Pratt. It is located at the south facade of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

This example was cast around 1930, and dedicated on April 18, 1948.

The original is at Yale University, and other examples are at Fort Nathan Hale, the Chicago Tribune Tower, and CIA headquarters.

The inscription reads: (Sculpture, near figure's proper left foot:) B.L. PRATT (Sculpture, near figure's proper right foot:) REPLICA OF THAT AT YALE UNIVERSITY (Sculpture, around bottom rim:) I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY (Base, front:) NATHAN HALE CAPTAIN ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES BORN AT COVENTRY CONNECTICUT JUNE 6, 1755 IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY HE RESIGNED HIS LIFE A SACRIFICE TO HIS COUNTRY'S LIBERTY AT NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 22, 1776 signed Founder's mark appears

As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue at the Department of Justice Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.