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Roanoke Island

Manteo, North Carolina
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Roanoke Island was the birthplace of America's first English child in 1587.
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Manteo, North Carolina · United States

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Battle of Roanoke Island
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Mothervine Scuppernong Grape Arbor
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Burnside Expedition of 1862
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Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
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USLSS/USCG Station Pea Island Memorial
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