Archives: The Invention of the Airplane  
 
  Wrights with President Taft  
  President Taft welcomes the Wilbur, Orville and Katharine. They visited the White House on June 10, 1909, and received a Congressional medal.  
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  National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI 2003-12098).