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Wright Brothers National MemorialModern aircraft flying over the monument.
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Wright Brothers National Memorial
For Kids

for kids includes:

Be A Junior Ranger
 
 
Park ranger and Junior Ranger standing in front of First Flight photograph.
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Junior Ranger earns patch.

 

 

Wright Brothers National Memorial has many activities designed especially for kids.

 

 

 

Check out the park schedule for "Especially for Kids" programs available at the visitor center.

 
kite flying at the Wright Brothers National Memorial
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Kite flying demonstration at Wright Brothers National Memorial

 

 

One favorite is "Kite Flight" where kids can see a kite building demonstration and then fly their own homemade kites.
School group climbing the hill
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Orville Wright at Kill Devil Hill in 1911.  

Did You Know?
On October 24, 1911, at Kitty Hawk, NC, Orville Wright established a new world soaring record in a 50 mile-per-hour wind of nine minutes and forty-five seconds. This remained a world’s record for 10 years.

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Last Updated: February 21, 2008 at 13:03 EST