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Roosevelt Visit Starts Lost Colony's Long Run
Aug 18 marks two Roanoke Island milestones Virginia Dare’s birth in 1587 and Roosevelt’s 1937 visit boosting The Lost Colony. President Roosevelt rode to Manteo, spoke at Fort Raleigh, and helped the drama become the world’s longest lived symphonic piece with huge early publicity and later wartime blackout.
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