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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Dayton OH photo: Preparing for a flight at Fort Myer, 1908  (Wright State University Archives, Wright Brothers Collection)
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Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial

photo: visitors at Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial.

Paul Laurence Dunbar purchased this house for his mother in 1904, and he lived there with her until his death in 1906 from tuberculosis. In rapidly failing health, Dunbar continued to write, and he completed his last works in the house. The Dunbar House appears today much as it did at the time of the poet’s death. The Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It is operated by the Ohio Historical Society.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar, Orville Wright, and Wilbur Wright

Did You Know?
On January 15, 1900, Paul Laurence Dunbar is invited to become a member of the Executive Council of the American Social Science Association.

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