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Title
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Virginia Dare, Memorial
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Biographical Text
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Granite marker commemorating the settlers of Roanoke Colony and Dare as the first English child born in North America.
Dedicated by the Roanoke Island Memorial Association on November 24, 1896, this monument was the first official commemoration of Roanoke Colony on-site. It is located on the grounds of Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
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Text
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ON THIS SITE, IN JULY – AUGUST, 1585
(O.S.), COLONISTS, SENT OUT FROM ENGLAND
BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH, BUILT A FORT, CALL-
ED BY THEM
“THE NEW FORT IN VIRGINIA”
THESE COLONISTS WERE THE FIRST SET-
TLERS OF THE ENGLISH RACE IN AMERICA.
THEY RETURNED TO ENGLAND IN JULY, 1586,
WITH SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
NEAR THIS PLACE WAS BORN, ON THE 18TH OF AUGUST, 1587.
VIRGINIA DARE.
THE FIRST CHILD OF ENGLISH PARENTS BORN
IN AMERICA – DAUGHTER OF ANANIAS DARE
AND ELEANOR WHITE, HIS WIFE, MEMBERS OF
ANOTHER BAND OF COLONISTS SENT OUT BY
SIR WALTER RALEIGH IN 1587.
ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1587,
VIRGINIA DARE WAS BAPTIZED. MANTEO, THE
FRIENDLY CHIEF OF THE HATTERAS INDIANS
HAD BEEN BAPTIZED ON THE SUNDAY PRE-
CEDING. THESE BAPTISMS ARE THE FIRST
KNOWN CELEBRATIONS OF A CHRISTIAN SAC-
RAMENT IN THE TERRITORY OF THE THIR-
TEEN ORIGINAL UNITED STATES.
1896
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Date Created
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1896-11-24
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Type
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English
Statue
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
