As soon as you enter the island of Roanoke, one of the islands that make up part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a welcome sign greets visitors as the site of the “birthplace of America’s first English child.” Who was she? Who did she come with? And what happened to her? This alone should intrigue visitors, setting them off on a quest for what is popularly known as the “Lost Colony.”
Virginia Dare is welcomed into the Christian world in a scene from the play “The Lost Colony.” Cory Godwin Photography
