Virginia Dare: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Aug 14, 2025
Media added. Jun 26, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 26, 2024
Modified link of Web site: North Carolina History Project - Encyclopedia - Virginia Dare. Jan 11, 2024
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony. Apr 09, 2019
Add new Web site: North Carolina Museum of History - Virginia Dare. Apr 09, 2019
Add new Web site: NCpedia - Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and Legend. Aug 08, 2016
Add new Web site: North Carolina History Project - Encyclopedia - Virginia Dare. Aug 04, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Virginia Dare. Jan 17, 2014
Added that John White also found a tree bearing the carved letters C-R-O upon his return to Roanoke Island. Sep 27, 2010
Media added. Jul 31, 2008
Article revised. Dec 17, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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