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Chap. 20: To appoint a congressional committee to attend the exercises celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first airplane flight made by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1928-12-11 20 Chapter 45 Stat. 1020 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public 1020 Chapter 20.— Joint Resolution To appoint a congressional committee to attend the exercises celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first airplane flight made by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 11, 1928.[[H. J. Res. 332](href=/us/bill/70/hjres/332).][[Pub. Res., No. 71](/us/bill/70/pubres/71).] Kitty Hawk, N. C.Memorial to Wilbur and Orville Wright for airplane flight at Kill Devil Hills.Preamble.Vol. 44, p. 1264.Whereas on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright astounded the world by making the first successful airplane flight at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; and Whereas the Congress of the United States has passed an Act authorizing the erection of a memorial at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to commemorate this great epoch in history, the corner stone of which is to be laid on December 17, 1928, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first flight; and Whereas the delegates attending the International Aeronautical Conference called by the President in Washington will attend in a body the exercises to be held at Kitty Hawk, and the National Aeronautic Association will unveil a tablet to commemorate same;
Orville Wright, the surviving brother, being the guest of honor; and Whereas it is both fitting as well as the desire of the Congress to be represented on said occasion: Now, therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Congressional committee to attend exercises of unveiling thereof. That a committee composed of six Members of the House of Representatives and three Members of the Senate shall be appointed by the Presiding Officer of each House to attend said celebration at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1928, the necessary expenses of said committee to be paid out of the contingent funds of the House and Senate.
Approved, December 11, 1928.
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