36 U.S.C. § 143 — Wright Brothers Day
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 76 words · no verdicts yet
December 17 is officially designated Wright Brothers Day, honoring Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane flights in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The President is asked to issue a yearly proclamation inviting Americans to observe the day.
(a) Designation. December 17 is Wright Brothers Day.
(b) Purpose. The day commemorates the first successful flights of a powered, heavier-than-air airplane. Orville and Wilbur Wright made these flights on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
(c) Proclamation. The President is requested to issue a proclamation every year, inviting people across the United States to observe Wright Brothers Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
December 17 is Wright Brothers Day.
Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe Wright Brothers Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1262.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1262
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