Topics Related to Roanoke Island

Clearly, no holiday season is complete without great festive music. We here at Come Hear NC have put together our shortlist of must-attend holiday concerts happening throughout the state.

On June 1, 1586, Algonquian chief Pemisapan was decapitated by Edward Nugent, a member of Ralph Lane’s Roanoke Island colony.

On February 7, 1862, Federal ships bombarded Fort Bartow, part of the Confederate defenses on Roanoke Island. One of three Confederate earthen forts on the west side of the island, Fort Bartow mounted nine guns.