Last updated: August 3, 2021
Place
5 - Commemoration
NPS
WAYSIDE TITLE: Commemoration.
WAYSIDE LAYOUT: Landscape-oriented rectangular panel featuring a black band across the top. The black band has text that reads, “Wright Brothers National Memorial” and “National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.” The panel features a large image that fills the background. On the left side is a block of text above a smaller photograph.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: To the left, is a large, open, grass covered field. In the far distance to the right is the Wright Brothers Monument atop a large hill. Behind the wayside, in the near distance is the first flight boulder with a long launch rail on the ground in front of it. Directly to the right of here are the reconstructed wooden camp/hangar buildings.
DESCRIPTION OF BACKGROUND IMAGE: A black and white photograph of Orville Wright, and others standing in front of the First Flight Boulder. Orville is wearing a suit and holding his hat in his hand. In front of the boulder is a flowered wreath. Standing to the right side of the image is a well-dressed man in a suit, with light colored hair and a woman wearing a 20’s style hat and a large fur coat.
CAPTION: Notable aviators, like Orville Wright (center left) and Amelia Earhart (right), attended the unveiling of the First Flight Boulder.
TEXT: On December 17, 1928, only 25 years after the Wrights achieved flight, thousands gathered at this remote place to celebrate the global importance of the birth of flight. Three thousand people, from more than forty nations, witnessed the laying of the Wright Brothers Monument cornerstone. The monument atop Big Kill Devil Hill is our nation’s tribute to the brothers. The National Aeronautical Association dedicated the First Flight Boulder, marking the takeoff point of the first flights.Even today, more than 100 years since their achievement, people from all over the world visit this site to honor and remember the Wright Brothers – and find inspiration.
DESCRIPTON: A black and white image of Big Kill Devil Hill when it was a big sand dune. Crowds of people are walking up the hill. The 1900’s era cars are parked at the base of the hill.CAPTION: Celebrants climbed up Big Kill Devil Hill for the Laying of the monument’s cornerstone. In 1932, the completed monument was dedicated.
WAYSIDE LAYOUT: Landscape-oriented rectangular panel featuring a black band across the top. The black band has text that reads, “Wright Brothers National Memorial” and “National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.” The panel features a large image that fills the background. On the left side is a block of text above a smaller photograph.
VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: To the left, is a large, open, grass covered field. In the far distance to the right is the Wright Brothers Monument atop a large hill. Behind the wayside, in the near distance is the first flight boulder with a long launch rail on the ground in front of it. Directly to the right of here are the reconstructed wooden camp/hangar buildings.
DESCRIPTION OF BACKGROUND IMAGE: A black and white photograph of Orville Wright, and others standing in front of the First Flight Boulder. Orville is wearing a suit and holding his hat in his hand. In front of the boulder is a flowered wreath. Standing to the right side of the image is a well-dressed man in a suit, with light colored hair and a woman wearing a 20’s style hat and a large fur coat.
CAPTION: Notable aviators, like Orville Wright (center left) and Amelia Earhart (right), attended the unveiling of the First Flight Boulder.
TEXT: On December 17, 1928, only 25 years after the Wrights achieved flight, thousands gathered at this remote place to celebrate the global importance of the birth of flight. Three thousand people, from more than forty nations, witnessed the laying of the Wright Brothers Monument cornerstone. The monument atop Big Kill Devil Hill is our nation’s tribute to the brothers. The National Aeronautical Association dedicated the First Flight Boulder, marking the takeoff point of the first flights.Even today, more than 100 years since their achievement, people from all over the world visit this site to honor and remember the Wright Brothers – and find inspiration.
DESCRIPTON: A black and white image of Big Kill Devil Hill when it was a big sand dune. Crowds of people are walking up the hill. The 1900’s era cars are parked at the base of the hill.CAPTION: Celebrants climbed up Big Kill Devil Hill for the Laying of the monument’s cornerstone. In 1932, the completed monument was dedicated.