NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RE-CREATES PUBLIC VIEWING OF THE LUNAR LANDING FROM JULY 20, 1969!
Re-live the historical moment when man set foot on the moon from the exact location where the Wright Brothers achieved the first successful flight!
You can see pictures from the original 1969 event at www.nps.gov/wrbr.
Save the date of Saturday, September 29, 2018 for the reopening of the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitors Center! Here is the information we have from the National Parks Service:
The National Park Service is excited to announce that the Wright Brothers National Memorial visitor center will reopen on Saturday, September 29. Details for a grand reopening event will be announced later this month.
First opened in 1960, the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2001. (NPS Photo)
Since the winter of 2016, the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, a National Historic Landmark, has been closed for a project to preserve and restore its architecturally significant features and to rehabilitate its mechanical and electrical systems. The $5.8 million rehabilitation project was awarded to Group III Management, Inc. (Kinston, North Carolina).
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