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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site To Be Featured on PBS Program

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Date: July 6, 2009
Contact: Cyndy Holda, 252-473-2111, ext. 148

On July 8, 2009, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET, a new series entitled “Time Team America” premieres on PBS television channel WUNC-TV.  Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, the first English settlement in America and one of the locations where our country’s history began, will be featured on this first of this five part series with an examination of findings in a recent three day archaeological dig of areas at the site.  

For more information, see www.pbs.org/timeteam  or call 252-473-2111 ext. 148. Check your local listings for WUNC-TV channel.

English flag in the 16th century  

Did You Know?
Contrary to folklore, the potato and tobacco were never introduced as true discoveries by Sir Walter Raleigh or his explorers. These were known to people in England by the 1580s due Spanish traders.

Last Updated: July 06, 2009 at 16:59 EST