Huntington's Nathan Hale rock has new home
Photo credit: Newsday/Joye Brown | The Nathan Hale rock commemorating the Patriot, is moved to a temporary location as part of a two-year, road renovation project at Mill Dam and New York Ave. The rock is hovering as workers build its temporary new resting place. (Sept. 13, 2012)
The Nathan Hale Rock monument as seen in Galleries
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It took time for the Nathan Hale rock in Huntington to get rolling last week.
OK, so the historic commemorative stone, thanks to the ministrations of an expert crew, really didn't roll or unexpectedly break free.
Nonetheless, the (estimated 50,000-pound piece of) earth did move, 70 feet from where it had rested since 1974, over to a new base that eventually will be gussied up to become...
