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Bertie County Archaeological Survey

June 20, 2019 / CK.Evans / News

Indications of 16th century occupation were discovered in Bertie County by a First Colony Foundation team of archaeologists.

New Board Members

June 20, 2019 / CK.Evans / News

Mr. Robert G. Anthony Jr. and Dr. Carter Lee Hudgins were recently added as the two newest board members for the First Colony Foundation.

400th Sir Walter Raleigh Commemoration at Westminster Abbey

400th Commemoration Service of Sir Walter Raleigh at Westminster Abbey

November 11, 2018 / CK.Evans / News

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Honoring Joachim Gans

August 3, 2018 / Brooke Scarborough / News

The achievements of Joachim Gans, a skilled metallurgist who accompanied the Lost Colony settlement, were recognized in a dignitary-rich celebration at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on July 27, 2018.

Lost, Perished, Discovered

May 14, 2018 / Doug Evans / News

First Colony Foundation Vice President Eric Klingelhofer was informed of a problem by colleagues, historian Dr. James Horn and archaeologist Nick Luccketti. In the manuscript of Ivor Noel Hume’s report on the excavations he directed at Roanoke Island in the 1990’s, the picture of Thomas Harriot was found to be of someone else and not Thomas Harriot.