This 1876 lithograph depicts the baptism of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in what is now the United States. Vdare.com is an anti-immigration website named after Virginia Dare, the first English child born in what is now the United States. In July 1587, a group of English explorers arrived on the coast of what is now North Carolina to start a settlement. There was Virginia Dare Tobacco, a Virginia Dare postage stamp, and, according to the North Carolina History Project, Virginia Dare Wine was the most popular wine in the United States before Prohibition. It reads: “Ananias Dare & Virginia Went Hence Unto Heaven 1591.”She would have been 3 or 4 years old at the time.

Source: Washington Post August 22, 2018 15:38 UTC