Virginia Dare has been featured as a main character in books, poems, songs, comic books, television programs, and films.
13 Facts About Virginia Dare
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Virginia Dare's name has been used to sell different types of goods, from vanilla products to soft drinks, as well as wine and spirits.
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Virginia Dare's mother Eleanor was born in London around 1563, and was the daughter of John White, the governor of the ill-fated Roanoke Colony.
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Virginia Dare was one of two infants born to the colonists in 1587 and the only female child known to have been born to the settlers.
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Virginia Dare has become a prominent figure in American myth and folklore in the more than four hundred years since her birth, representing different things to different people.
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Today, Virginia Dare's name serves as the inspiration for the VDARE website which is associated with white supremacy, white nationalism, and the alt-right.
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In 1937, the United States Mint issued a half-dollar commemorative coin that depicted Virginia Dare as the first English child born in the New World.
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Virginia Dare quickly entered into folklore as the first white child born in British America.
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Virginia Dare's name has become a tourist attraction for North Carolina.
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Virginia Dare's name has been used to sell a number of products.
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Virginia Dare was the name of the first commercial wine to sell after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.
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The Virginia Dare Extract Company, a maker of vanilla products, sells its products with a symbol of Virginia as a fresh-faced, blonde girl wearing a white ruffled mob cap.
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In Rancho Cucamonga, California, a now-defunct winery called Virginia Dare is on the corner of Haven Avenue and Foothill Boulevard.