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72The Lost Colony of Roanoke- Prologue and the Facts
On April 27, 1584, a fleet of ships piloted by Captain Philip Amadas and Captain Arthur Barlowe sailed from England. Their mission was not to start a new colony, but rather to find land that was more suitable for lasting settlements. On July 13,...
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68Festival Park, Manteo, NC
England’s first attempt to colonize the New World occurred on an island named Roanoke on the coast of North Carolina in the sixteenth century. The mystery of the disappearance of the colony is one of the most popular stories in American History,...
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69What We Need Now Is FDR's Style Of Getting Things Done
I am a student of history, and studied 20th Century American History as part of my master's degree studies. One of the most fascinating and perhaps controversial figures of the century had to be President...
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66Top Selling Celebrity Fragrances
Glow by Jennifer Lopez These days, it seems that being a celebrity is equated with branding a merchandise. Personalities ranging from Hollywood A Listers to TV reality stars have attached their names behind...
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71The Green Corn Ceremony
Possibly the earliest European recording of the Green Corn Dance was in a painting by John White in the late 1500s when he was governor of Sir Walter Raleigh’s colony on Roanoke Island, located on the coast of today’s North Carolina. He titled...
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65A Beautiful Dare of History and Mystery
This is a poem story of the first baby born in America from England. You may say the first true American. She was born as a part of the lost colony though that no one can say what happened to although Indians appeared a few years later with English characteristics so why doubt these people mixed with these Indians?
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72Teaching School Children About American Indian History and Culture
An important section of American history is all but over-looked in many classrooms is that of the original inhabitants of American, the American Indians. Many schools have programs and activities during the month of November, National American...
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61The Elizabethan Gardens: A Walk Back in Time
No trip to the Outer Banks should exclude The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, North Carolina. The gardens are next to Fort Raleigh National historic Site on Hwy 64 coming onto Roanoke Island from the mainland. A self-guided tour of the grounds begins...
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71The Lost Colony of Roanoke: Welcome to a world were dreams become nightmares.
I am writing a new novel about the story of Roanoke's Lost Colony. This hub is a preview of my story and is fictional. Roanoke was the first colony every to settle in America and ultimatly every colonist their vanished without a trace. What actually happened to Roanoke Colony is still a mystery to this very day.
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60The Holocaust Museum Tragedy: Ongoing Perspectives about America Today
Thank you, Officer Stephen Johns, for your service to your country. Yesterday inside the Holocaust Museum, you lost your life protecting several thousand visitors from the home-grown threat posed by James...
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