. ▁During ▁the ▁past ▁four ▁hundred ▁years , ▁Virginia ▁D are ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁prominent ▁figure ▁in ▁American ▁myth ▁and ▁fol kl ore , ▁symbol izing ▁different ▁things ▁to ▁different ▁groups ▁of ▁people . ▁She ▁is ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁poem ▁( Per egr ine ▁White ▁and ▁Virginia ▁D are ) ▁by ▁Ros em ary ▁and ▁Stephen ▁Vincent ▁Ben et , ▁and ▁the ▁North ▁Carolina ▁Leg end ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁Do e . ▁While ▁often ▁c ited ▁as ▁an ▁Indian ▁legend , ▁the ▁white ▁do e ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁its ▁roots ▁in ▁English ▁fol kl ore . ▁White ▁de er ▁are ▁common ▁in ▁English ▁leg ends ▁and ▁often ▁used ▁as ▁symbols ▁of ▁Christian ▁virtue . ▁A ▁similar ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁girl ▁transformed ▁into ▁a ▁white ▁de er ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁York shire , ▁where ▁it ▁formed ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁Word sw orth ' s ▁poem ▁The ▁White ▁Do e ▁of ▁R yl stone . ▁In ▁the ▁four ▁centuries ▁since ▁their ▁disapp earance , ▁the ▁Ro ano ke ▁colon ists ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁mystery ▁that ▁still ▁challeng es ▁histor ians ▁and ▁arch ae olog ists ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁America ' s ▁oldest . ▁ ▁Times ▁Square ▁is ▁a ▁major ▁commercial ▁intersection ▁in ▁Mid town ▁Manh attan , ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁at ▁the ▁j unction ▁of ▁Broadway ▁and ▁Se vent h ▁Avenue ▁and ▁stretch ing ▁from ▁West ▁ 4 2 nd ▁to ▁West ▁ 4 7 th ▁Stre ets . ▁Times ▁Square ▁– ▁icon ified ▁as ▁" The ▁Cross