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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6IW_monument-to-a-century-of-flight_Kitty-Hawk-NC.html
[Marker Front]:Dedicated on November 8, 2003In celebration of the soaring of the human spirit
Created by artistsGlen Eure, Hanna Jubran, Jodi Hollnagel Jubran
Architect - Benjamin B. Cahoon
and presented as an enduring legacy byIcarus Int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A4_field-for-flight_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
"Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so that we could discover them!!"Orville Wright, June 7, 1903
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A2_four-powered-flights_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
The Wright brothers made four successful sustained powered flights the morning of December 17, 1903. The commemorative granite boulder and replica monorail mark the lift-off point of those four flights, the numbered markers the terminating point.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A1_big-kill-devil-hill_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
Before construction of the memorial could begin, it would be necessary to stabilize the dune from which the Wright Brothers conducted their glider experiments. Twenty-five years of steady winds had moved Big Kill Devil Hill 450 feet southwest of i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A0_pitch-roll-and-yaw_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
At the turn of the century, this large hill and the three hills surrounding it were known as the Kill Devil Hills. Wilbur and Orville Wright performed thousands of experimental glider flights here between 1900 and 1903. The culminatino of those te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69E_the-first-successful-flight-of-an-airplane_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
was made from this spot byOrville WrightDecember 17, 1903, in a machine designed and built byWilbur Wright and Orville WrightThis tablet was erected by theNational Aeronautic Associationof the U.S.A. December 17, 1928to commemmorate the twenty-fif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM68L_monument-to-the-impossible_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
The Best Design
Design competition among 35 entrants was won by Rogers and Poor, a New York Architectural firm.
The 60-foot tower, similar to those used to mark courses in air races, embellished with wings on its side and a five-point star s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM68K_wright-brothers_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
On December 17, 1093, from site near foot of Kill Devil Hill, Orville and Wilbur Wright made first successful powered flight 1/5 mile west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM67B_the-promised-land_Manteo-NC.html
I have caused thee to see itwith thine eyes,but thou shalt not go over thither. ? ? ? ? ? Deuteronomy 34:4The Proclamation of Emancipation gave the military authority to enlist "Such persons of suitable condition?into the armed service of the Unit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM67A_bondage_Manteo-NC.html
and they made their livesbitter with hard bondage ? ? ? ? ? Exodus 1:14For the millions of immigrants to this land, America has not been so much a destination as a promise: a promise of equality, a promise of self-determination and a promise of a …