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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 103625-103626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30486]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 244 / Thursday, December 19, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 10874 of December 16, 2024

                
Wright Brothers Day, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Wright Brothers Day, we celebrate the bold vision, 
                steadfast determination, and transformative innovation 
                of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Their aircraft, which 
                completed the first sustained, controlled, and powered 
                flight 121 years ago, forever altered the course of 
                human history and took our Nation to new heights.

                The Wright brothers embody the best of America's grit, 
                heart, and unstoppable spirit of ingenuity. Before they 
                took to the skies that fateful December day, the Wright 
                brothers had spent years conducting arduous research, 
                redesigns, and dangerous trials. They were driven by 
                the belief that what so many had written off as 
                impossible could actually be done--that sustained, 
                controlled, and powered flight was possible. And on the 
                sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 
                17, 1903, they were proven right--their aircraft, the 
                Wright Flyer, took flight for 12 seconds. In less than 
                a minute, that one feat altered our understanding of 
                technological possibilities and human potential 
                forever, laying the foundation for putting a man on the 
                moon; breaking the sound barrier; and beginning a new, 
                deeper exploration of our universe.

                My Administration has been committed to building on 
                their legacy of innovation and advancement. We have 
                made improvements to modern air travel--from making 
                airports more accessible through the Bipartisan 
                Infrastructure Law to making air travel safer. And we 
                have harnessed the spirit of American ingenuity in 
                everything we do, like tackling the climate crisis, 
                working toward ending cancer as we know it, and 
                ensuring that the technologies of the future will 
                benefit Americans for generations to come.

                On Wright Brothers Day, we honor two visionary men from 
                Dayton, Ohio, who chose to look to the sky with not 
                just wonder but with an ambition to take Americans 
                where no one had gone before. Because of their work, 
                generations of visionary scientists, engineers, and 
                dreamers and doers have followed in their footsteps, 
                believing that, here in America, we do big things and 
                nothing is beyond our capacity.

                The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 
                17, 1963, as amended (77 Stat. 402; 36 U.S.C. 143), has 
                designated December 17 of each year as ``Wright 
                Brothers Day'' and has authorized and requested the 
                President to issue annually a proclamation inviting the 
                people of the United States to observe that day with 
                appropriate ceremonies and activities.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, do hereby proclaim 
                December 17, 2024, as Wright Brothers Day.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2024-30486
Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3395-F4-P
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