Wright Brothers

Wright Brothers National Memorial
North Carolina

U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service

Section 1
Organic Act cited in first paragraph. There shall be erected on Kill Devil Hill, at Kitty Hawk, in the State of North Carolina, a monument in commemoration of the first successful human attempt in all history at power-driven airplane flight, achieved by Orville Wright on December 17, 1903; and a commission to be composed of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Commerce is hereby created to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Section 2:
It shall be the duty of the said commission to select a suitable location for said monument, which shall be as near as possible to the actual site of said flight; to acquire the necessary land therefor; to superintend the erection of the said monument; and to make all necessary and appropriate arrangements for the unveiling and dedication of the same when it shall have been completed.

Section 3:
Sum or sums as Congress may hereafter appropriate for the purposes of this Act are hereby authorized to be appropriated.

Section 4:
The design and plans for the monument shall be subject to the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and Joint Committee on the Library.

Executive Order 6166, June 10, 1933

Section 1 Cited Authorization and Justification for Government Reorganization

Section 2 National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations
All functions of administration of public buildings, reservations, national parks, national monuments, and national cemeteries are consolidated in an Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations in the Department of the Interior, headed by a Director of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations. This transfer and consolidation of functions shall include, among others, those of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior and the National Cemeteries and Parks of the War Department which are located within the continental limits of the United States.

Section 19 General Provisions
Each agency, all the functions of which are transferred to or consolidated with another agency, is abolished. The property, facilities, equipment, and supplies employed in the work of an abolished agency or the exercise of a function disposed of, disposition of which is not elsewhere herein provided for, shall, to the extent required, be transferred to the successor agency.

Executive 0rder 6228, July 28, 1933

Section 1
All functions of administration of public buildings, reservations, national parks, national monuments, and national cemeteries are consolidated in an office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations in the Department of the Interior, at the head of which shall be a Director of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations. This transfer and consolidation of functions shall include, among. others, those of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior and the National Cemeteries and Parks of the War Department which are located within the continental limits of the United States.

Kill Devil Hill National Monument, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina is transferred from the War Department to the Interior Department.

Public Law 83-31, May 22, 1953

Provides for the participation of the Federal government in the 50th Anniversary of the first flight and declares the period from 12/17/52 to 12/17/53 to be the 50th Anniversary year.

Secretarial Order, December 1, 1953

Redesignates Kill Devil Hills National Memorial as Wright Brothers National Memorial.

Act of June 23, 1959

Section 1
In furtherance of the Act of March 2, 1927, the following described lands are hereby added to the Wright Brothers National Memorial in the State of North Carolina: Tract I and Tract 2.

Section 2
Lands added to the memorial pursuant to section I hereof shall be subject to all the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to said memorial.