Wright Brothers Day

When Celebrated

Always on December 17th

Gifty-ness

About the Holiday

Wright Brothers Day commemorates the date (in 1903) that the Wright Brothers first successful flight occurred near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright were self-taught and self-financed. True American entrepreneurs. North Carolina license plates say "First in Flight" to commemorate their accomplishment.

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