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Wright Brothers National Memorial |
| Personal
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East, Omega G. |
| Pages |
64p. |
| Notes |
(National Park Service. Historical Handbook Series. No. 34) |
| Publisher |
Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961 |
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1961 |
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Monuments and Museums--Wright Memorial, Kill Devil ,Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
| Abstract |
A guide book succinctly presenting the achievements of the Wright brothers and the significant events in their lives. Originally authorized by Congress on March 2, 1927 as the Kill Devil Hills Monument National Memorial to commemorate the Wrights' first successful flights in a man-carrying, power-driven heavier-than-air aeroplane, the name was changed to the Wright Brothers National Memorial, December 1, 1953. Originally administered by the War Department, the area transferred to the National Park Service, August 10, 1933, includes the reconstructed Wright brothers' living quarters and hangar, a granite memorial placed by the National Aeronautic Association in 1928 to mark the take-off point of the 1903 flights, a reconstruction of the original single-rail starting track, Kill Devil Hill, used by the Wrights during their gliding experiments, 1900-1903, and the Wright memorial shaft, dedicated November 19, 1932. |
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