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News Releases ## News Release # Second Annual Outer Banks History Weekend - Sir Walter Raleigh and His Colonies #### You are viewing **ARCHIVED** content This content was published online before January 20, 2025. Please note that this content is **NOT UPDATED** , and links may not work. For current information, visit . **News Release Date:** September 7, 2018 **Contact:** Jami Lanier, 252-475-9021 **Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will host the second annual Outer Banks History Weekend September 8-9, 2018. This two-day event will commemorate the 400th year of Sir Walter Raleigh’s death.** **On Saturday, September 8, starting at 10:00 am, members of the First Colony Foundation will provide archeological tours at Fort Raleigh that will include updates on recent investigations.** **On Sunday, September 9, from 2:00-4:00 pm, a select group of scholars will share their knowledge and current research on the life and impact of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) in the film theatre at the Lindsay Warren Visitor Center on the grounds of Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. The following presentations are scheduled:** * **Maps and the Man: Sir Walter Raleigh and Maps Peter Barber, Head of Maps (retired), British Library** * **Ralegh’s Two Elizabeths Anna Beer, Biographer and Visiting Fellow and Senior Course Tutor in Creative Writing, Kellogg College, Oxford University** * **Studying the Roanokes Karen Kupperman, Professor Emeritus of History, New York University** * **Ralegh and the ‘Discoverie of Guiana’: Benevolent Tropical Imperialist, Potential Conquistador, or Self-Interested Opportunist Joyce Lorimer, Professor Emeritus of History, Wilfrid Laurier University** **The presentations on Sunday will be followed by a question and answer period. The events are free and open to the public.** **Fort Raleigh National Historic Site preserves the site on Roanoke Island where English explorers, sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, attempted to create England’s first colonial settlement in the New World, 1584-1587. 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