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Virginia Dare Stamp Honors Roanoke Island Birthplace
The piece recounts Virginia Dare, born August 18, 1587 on Roanoke Island, daughter of Ananias Dare and Eleanor White, and the mystery of the Roanoke colony. It notes her lasting fame as the first English child in the New World, the expedition, and the later stamp commemorating her birth anniversary, with Governor White’s return and the Croatan carving.
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Ananias
Eleanor Dare
Roanoke Island
Virginia
New World
Sir Walter Raleigh
America
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Henry White
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Roanoke
Virginia Dare
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