▁The ▁same ▁concept ▁was ▁used ▁more ▁fam ously ▁in ▁The ▁White ▁Do e , ▁a ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁poem ▁by ▁S all ie ▁South all ▁Cot ten . ▁ ▁The ▁popular ity ▁of ▁the ▁Lost ▁Col ony ▁and ▁Virginia ▁D are ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁American ▁controvers ies ▁about ▁rising ▁numbers ▁of ▁Catholic ▁and ▁non - B rit ish ▁imm igr ants , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁African ▁Americans ▁and ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁ ▁Both ▁the ▁col ony ▁and ▁the ▁adult ▁Virginia ▁character ▁were ▁emb rac ed ▁as ▁symbols ▁of ▁white ▁national ism . ▁ ▁Even ▁when ▁Virginia ▁D are ▁was ▁invoked ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁persu ade ▁North ▁Carolina ▁legisl ators ▁that ▁grant ing ▁white ▁women ▁the ▁vote ▁would ▁ass ure ▁white ▁supre m acy . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁this ▁rac ist ▁con notation ▁apparently ▁subs ided , ▁although ▁the ▁V DA RE ▁organization , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁has ▁been ▁den ounced ▁for ▁prom oting ▁white ▁supre mac ists . ▁ ▁C ele br ations ▁of ▁the ▁Lost ▁Col ony , ▁on ▁Virginia ▁D are ' s ▁birth day , ▁have ▁been ▁organized ▁on ▁Ro ano ke ▁Island ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s . ▁ ▁To ▁expand ▁the ▁tour ist ▁att raction , ▁Paul ▁Green