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Orville, Katharine, President Taft, and Wilbur Wright at the White House, 1909.

Did You Know?
Orville, Katharine, and Wilbur Wright travel to Washington, D.C. in 1909 at the request of President William Howard Taft. The Wright brothers were presented with the Aero Club of America medal at a White House ceremony.
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