The Outer Banks 2009 Official Travel Guide - (Page 13) OUTER BANKS PLACES TO SEE – Elizabethan Gardens - Fun for the entire family at this 16th century pleasure garden created by The Garden Club of North Carolina as a living memorial to the lost colonists. Highlights include the thatched gazebo, Shakespearean herb garden, flower bordered walkways, antique garden statuary and formal sunken gardens. Open year-round. Hours vary with season. Admission. (252) 473-3234 or elizabethangardens.org – The Freedmen’s Colony of R oanoke I sland, 1862-1867 - The Roanoke Island Freedmen’s Colony is recognized as a historic National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site. A marker was erected in 2001 to designate the site of a permanent colony on Roanoke Island between 1862 and 1867. Most of its 3,000 residents had been slaves three years earlier in northeastern North Carolina. A path through the woods north of Fort Raleigh leads visitors to a commemorative park along Croatan Sound. – The Lost Colony - See this compelling unsolved mystery of America’s beginnings and other productions at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green’s The Lost Colony tells of the events leading to the disappearance of the English colonists who settled here over 400 years ago. May 29 - August 20, Mon. Sat. at 8 p.m. Children’s theatre, Broadway musicals, and other events also highlight their season. Children 11 and under are free on Mon. and Fri. and half price on Sat. with a paying adult. Attend pre-show Backstage Tours at 6 p.m. on performance nights, reservations required. Admission. (252) 473-3414 or thelostcolony.org 13 http://www.elizabethangardens.org http://www.thelostcolony.org
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