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1587: Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony
On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare was born on Roanoke Island, part of the Outer Banks of what is today North Carolina. Virginia Dare was the first English child born in North America, and was part of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke, whose complete disappearance is still a mystery.
Roanoke Island was one of the first attempted English settlements in the “New World” of the Americas. (Jamestown, Virginia, established years after Roanoke, would succeed in being the first permanent English settlement.) Soon after Virginia Dare’s birth, a group led by her grandfather, Roanoke Colony Governor John White, left the colony to collect supplies in England.
White and the supply ship returned three years later, on Virginia’s birthday (August 18, 1590). He found the settlement gone entirely. There was no evidence of a violent raid or abduction by Native Americans, and no evidence of where or when the settlers moved. The only clue was the word “Croatan” carved into a tree trunk. Archaeologists and anthropologists still debate what happened to the more than 100 settlers of the “Lost Colony.” Many think that they joined one of the local Iroquois communities.
In North Carolina and throughout the United States, Virginia Dare has become a symbol of youthful hope and innocence—as well as, sometimes, a racist symbol of the European conquest of the Americas.
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/aug18/virginia-dare-and-lost-colony/
https://www.biography.com/people/virginia-dare-9266080
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Dare
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On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare was born on Roanoke Island, part of the Outer Banks of what is today North Carolina. Virginia Dare was the first English child born in North America, and was part of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke, whose complete disappearance is still a mystery.
Roanoke Island was one of the first attempted English settlements in the “New World” of the Americas. (Jamestown, Virginia, established years after Roanoke, would succeed in being the first permanent English settlement.) Soon after Virginia Dare’s birth, a group led by her grandfather, Roanoke Colony Governor John White, left the colony to collect supplies in England.
White and the supply ship returned three years later, on Virginia’s birthday (August 18, 1590). He found the settlement gone entirely. There was no evidence of a violent raid or abduction by Native Americans, and no evidence of where or when the settlers moved. The only clue was the word “Croatan” carved into a tree trunk. Archaeologists and anthropologists still debate what happened to the more than 100 settlers of the “Lost Colony.” Many think that they joined one of the local Iroquois communities.
In North Carolina and throughout the United States, Virginia Dare has become a symbol of youthful hope and innocence—as well as, sometimes, a racist symbol of the European conquest of the Americas.
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/aug18/virginia-dare-and-lost-colony/
https://www.biography.com/people/virginia-dare-9266080
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Dare
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Thanks for reminding us about the wonderfully named Virginia Dare who disappeared from Roanoke, North Carolina sometime after her grandfather Roanoke Colony Governor John White left the colony to collect supplies in England SGT John " Mac " McConnell.
Of course the fools who believe that history should be rewrote want to label young child Virginia Dare as a symbol of something malevolent instead of simply being a young girl.
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Of course the fools who believe that history should be rewrote want to label young child Virginia Dare as a symbol of something malevolent instead of simply being a young girl.
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Right ! That is why I try to include other articles that are related. At least there we be another perspective to this story. Thanks and good morning LTC Stephen F. . Have a great day my friend.
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