This bronze Wright Brothers 20th Anniversary plaque depicts a relief of the 1903 Wright Flyer and the Barling Bomber with embossed text "20TH ANNIVERSARY WRIGHT BROTHERS FLIGHTS 1903-1923". On the reverse side, engraved text "PRESENTED TO ORVILLE WRIGHT BY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION AT A MASS MEETING OF DAYTON CITIZENS IN THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY AUDITORIUM DECEMBER 17, 1925 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST FLIGHT AT KITTY HAWK NORTH CAROLINA DECEMBER 17, 1903".
Created by
Jason A. Smith
Date Created
06/16/2016
Source
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.