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Contact: Outer Banks Group, 252-473-2111
Wright Brothers National Memorial will be joining other national park sites across the country in celebrating "Great Outdoors Day" by waiving admission fees on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Early this year, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the National Park Service will waive admission fees on select dates through-out 2012.Additional fee free days will be National Public Lands Day, September 29, and to honor our veterans, the weekend of November 10-12.Additional information can be found on line at https://www.nps.gov. The staff of Wright Brothers National Memorial, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Cape Hatteras National Seashore encourages everyone to visit one of our nation's premier parks this year, including the parks in your own backyard.Bring your family and friends to Wright Brothers, the site of the first powered flight, and learn more about this great nation's aviation history.Enjoy exploring the nation's first national seashore, and visit the site of the first English settlement. While entrance fees at Wright Brothers National Memorial will be waived for passengers in both private and commercial vehicles, recreation "user fees" such as permit fees, camping fees and lighthouse tour fees are not waived.Entrance fees are not charged at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site or Cape Hatteras National Seashore. For more information on park programs and activities, please visit the park's websites at www.nps.gov/wrbr, www.nps.gov/fora, and www.nps.gov/caha, or call 252-473-2111. |
Last updated: April 14, 2015