Later that year the Smithsonian finally agreed to bring the plane back from London to be formally installed December 17, 1948. Unfortunately, neither of the Wright brothers lived long enough to know that their own country officially acknowledged their great accomplishment. The Smithsonian is cheating the public from learning Tesla's history in much the same way as they did with the Wright Brothers, except that Tesla's banishment has lasted more than a century. Education is the only way to combat the Smithsonian's wrongful depiction of electrical history, but we cannot hope to match the millions of dollars industry and the Edison Institute spend promoting Edison's name. Nevertheless, I believe we can make a significant impact on many of our country's future physics and engineering students by donating busts of Tesla to many of our major universities.
People universally recognize that a sculpture is an acknowledgment of one's greatness.
Inasmuch as the academic community essentially forgot Tesla for a century, we believe a good first step is to reintroduce him to the students and faculty of our major universities. We have already proved our ability to do the job, but we need everyone's help if we are to continue. In the past we received donations and sold promotional T-shirts to earn money for our busts. We have the mold and we want to have additional busts cast for other universities, but our coffer is empty. Our drawing is a real eye-catcher.