This Day In History: Virginia Dare was born on this day in 1587. She was the first English child born in the New World. She was also part of the first American unsolved mystery...the Lost Colony of Roanoke, where she and the rest of the inhabitants mysteriously disappeared.
During the past four hundred years, Virginia Dare has become a prominent figure in American myth and folklore, symbolizing different things to different groups of people. She has been featured as a main character in books, poems, songs, comic books, television programs, and films. Her name has been used to sell different types of goods, from vanilla products to soft drinks, as well as wine and spirits. Many places in North Carolina and elsewhere in the Southern United States have been named in her honor.
Snorri Thorfinnsson was the first white child born in Vinland (Greenland/Newfoundland) over 1000 years ago, Hélène Desportes was the first French child born in New France (Canada) in about 1620, and Jonathan Guy was the first child born to English parents in Canada in 1613.
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