Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio, based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau about the area's steady winds. They also valued the privacy provided by this location, which in the early twentieth century was remote from major population centers.
Monument at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
Image: Wright Brothers Memorial visitors center
Panoramic View of Park
Replica of hangar used by Wright Brothers.
Mission 66
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Mission 66 was a United States National Park Service ten-year program that was intended to dramatically expand Park Service visitor services by 1966, in time for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Park Service.
Dinosaur Quarry Visitor Center, Dinosaur National Monument, prior to 2009
First Day cover of 50th Anniversary of National Park Service commemorative stamp
Wright Brothers National Memorial visitor center, shortly after completion
Salt Pond Visitor Center, Cape Cod National Seashore