Harry Harding Hale was born on December 25, 1876 in Reading, Massachusetts.

His father, Abraham, enlisted with Co. A, 45th Massachusetts Infantry as a private on September 15, 1862 and mustered out on July 7, 1863. He was Comrade in the Gen. Reno Post No. 9, Hudson, Massachusetts and the Capt. Isaac Davis Post No. 138, West Acton, Massachusetts.

Harding joined the Major A. A. Powers Camp No. 5, Hudson on December 6, 1906. He was Massachusetts' Division Commander in 1913. He was National Counselor in 1916. At the 1944 National Encampment, he was elected Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief. At the 1945 National Encampment, Roy R. Lewis (WI) was also nominated for Commander-in-Chief but he declined
running against his friend Brother Hale.

He was deeply involved with the Order being on the radio. For 1936, he was elected Radio Secretary of the New England Regional Association. At the 1950 National Encampment he once again became a National Officer when he was appointed and installed as the first and only Radio Chairman. The following year he was Chairman of the Radio Committee.

During WWI, Harding served for nearly a year in the civilian war service in Washington D.C.

After graduating from the Boston University Law School, he was a practicing attorney for more than 50 years. He had law offices in Hudson and Boston. For six years he was the Middlesex County Commissioner.

Harding was a Past President of the Field and Forest Club of Boston, a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Doric Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Hudson, and the Marlboro Royal Arch Chapter.

He never married.

Brother Hale died on February 3, 1952 in Boston and is buried at Brookside Cemetery in Stow, Massachusetts.