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DOCUM EN lb ROOM 4-1575 ---=- --- ., , ..-_ : 11Lr \ e,rn L n. C J. --Works Progr e £s Admini s tration-- I For _Re lea se in Morning !Jewspa.J:ii- r s Wednesclay, August J 8 , 193 7. 0 President to Do,~1· u A • Pr o,J· e c t • ..... c.<>t.e ~ _ W \ ..... A re plica of the thn tched lo g cab i n on Roanoke Island , off the Ho rth Carol i na coast , in which Virginia Dare, . the first chil d of English par entage _-born in the New Tiorld, saw the li ght on August 18 , 1587 , just 350 yea rs ago today, was formally thrown open for Pre s ident Roosevelt I s ins pect ion a t th e opening of the commemo~a tive cere moni es a nd page a nt this morning. After much research a nd delving into historic.s.l records, the North Carolina Historical Commissi on e sta bli shed t he original p l ans of the sto ck a ded village built by Sir Wa lt e r Raleigh 's soldi e rs of fortune , a nd during th e p~s t sever a l years the W.P.A. has cc,rri e d out the r esto r a ti on o f the: entir e settl edent , known in history n s th e 11 Citi e of Ra lci gh 11 , or 11 The Lost Col o!ly. 11 In a dcUt ion to the birthplace of Virginia Darf: , which b elonf'e d to h e r granrfa the r, Gove rnor John White , t he re is a lo g church , a fort, n nd several cotta ges , ~11 with thatche d roofs. The tract, wh ich is a t the northe rn tip of the i sl Rnd , is surr ounded by a log stocka de. Tho work of r es toring this sn rine h,".s b e e n ca.rri od out with historical accura cy, including the us e of junipe r logs and wooden p ins. The fi e ld s ha v e been sown as tho colonists sowed th em , with s qu Gsh , pumpkin , ma iz e and tobC'.cco. According to th e most r e linbl 0. r r. cord s , Governor White s e t s a il for England a f ew dc,ys a ft e r h is grandaught c r wo..s b or n t o g e t r el i e f for his 120 settl ers, including 17 women and 10 children . When he returne d t\7o years l a ter , th e re was not a trace of MY one . Tho restor a tion of the "Lost Col ony", b e gun by the O\rer by the w.P.A. two years a go. c.W.A., wns t o.ken -Th0 cost h.:1s b ee n aboi....t $21,000 . 00 000 0 00000 Digitized by NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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