WELCOME TO THE
116TH ANNIVERSARY OF POWERED FLIGHT
Celebrating
The Legacy of Orville and Wilbur Wright
Honoring
The 70th Anniversary of the World War II Berlin Airlift
June 1948 – September 1949
December 17, 2019
Wright Brothers National Memorial Park
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
TODAY’S PROGRAM
9:00 a.m. Park Gates Open to Visitors
PRELUDE BAND CONCERT
First Flight High School Band, Bob Ebert, Director
9:30 a.m. ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM
WELCOME & GUEST RECOGNITION Arthur Lamothe, President, First Flight Society, Inc.
PRESENTATION OF COLORS Camden High School ROTC
NATIONAL ANTHEM Walter Swan, Director – ECSU Choir
FLYOVER TRIBUTE TO U.S. Navy C-40, U.S. Air Force C-17 & German A400M
WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL
INVOCATION Father P. Nicholas Cottrill, Pastor – Holy Family Catholic Church
Elizabeth City, NC
WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL Dave Hallac, Superintendent – NPS Outer Banks Group
MEMORIAL PARK
DESCENDANT REMARKS Paul Wright Jameson, Great-great Nephew of Wright Brothers
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Arthur J. Lamothe, President, First Flight Society
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Gen. Maryanne Miller, Commander USAF Air Mobility Command
WRIGHT BROTHERS STORY Darrell Collins, Historian
TODAY’S PARK ACTIVITIES Ms. Ashley Dickerson Lead Ranger, WBNM Park
WREATH PRESENTATION BY Lisa Ellstrom, Witness Descendant & Vice President, First Flight Society
1903 WITNESS DESCENDANTS
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12:00 Noon FIRST FLIGHT SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON &
COL. GAIL S. HALVORSEN’s INDUCTION INTO THE PAUL E. GARBER FIRST FLIGHT SHRINE
Hilton Garden Inn, Kitty Hawk, NC
2:15 PM FIRST FLIGHT SOCIETY, INC. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Hilton Garden Inn, Kitty Hawk, NCawk
3:00 PM Portrait of 2019 INDUCTEE, Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, Placed on Display at WBNM Visitor Center
PLEASE CHECK THE NPS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS POSTED IN THE VISITOR CENTER FURTHER COMMEMORATING THE “12 SECONDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD” ON DECEMBER 17, 1903.