“Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible; that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.”
“Sir, the object of the Flagg, which crossed the River, was to propose a cessation of hostilities for one hour for the purpose of entering into a negotiation for the surrender of Detroit.”
“In a few days an officer came to our camp, under a flag of truce, and informed Hamilton, then a captain of artillery, but afterwards the aid of General Washington, that Captain Hale had been arrested within the British lines condemned as a spy, and executed that morning.”
“We are asking why this happened and look for ways to improve, ... When I was a teacher in the classroom and a student did poorly, I looked at what I did wrong, not what they did. This doesn't make or break a school system; it's about student learning. We need to be reflective of why this happened.”
“Many of the present teachers began working in the 1960s when there was a teaching shortage, ... Now they're reaching retirement age and have to be replaced.”
