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York, Senator Morris Sheppard of
Texas, Cecil B. de Mile of Cali
fornia, Harry Guggenheim of New
York, Josephus Daniels of North
Carolina, Representative Fiorello
LaGuardia of New York, Colonel
Charles A. Lindberg of Minnesota,
Charles G. Dawes, Vice President
of the United States, General John
]. Pershing, U. S. Army, retired,
Governor o. Max Gardner OF
North Carolina, Edsel B. Ford OF
Michigan, Alfred E. Smith of New
York, Joseph Pulitzer of Missouri
John Nance Garner of Texas,
Franklin d. Roosevelt of New
York.
They were a few of the members
of the Kill Devil Hills Association
Some of its. members made that
December 1928 trip to the site
where you and I are now standing.
Mr.. Orville Wright, himself, was
present; the world-famous aviatrix
Miss Amelia Earhart, also made
the trip to Kitty Hawk 33 years
ago.
Today We would probably borrow
three or four of the Army's hell
copters and bring the group down
here in less than an hour. But then
it was different. The 25th ANN.
versary delegation chartered the
steamer, District of Columbia, and
on Saturday evening, December 10,
1928, they sailed down the Potomac
River to Old Point Comfort, ar
irving there Sunday afternoon.
They enjoyed a pleasant day and
spent Sunday night aboard the
steamer.
On Monday morning they
boarded buses for Kitty Hawk
The main road, however, was un-
dergoing repairs, and when the
heavy BUSES We're unable to pass
over the detour road, the official
party was rescued by the hospitable
North Carolinians who lived in and
around Elizabeth City. These good
people got out their family cars and
drove the party on down to the
ferry at Point Harbor.
Using an improvised ferry and
several small boats, the official
/ group made the crossing over the
shallow waters of Currituck Sound
to this long slender sand bar-the
Outer Banks of North Carolina,
Then the Coast Guard took over
again borrowing all available auto
mobiles, and drove the delegates
first to Virginia Dare Shores.
doubt if many of those dignitaries
have yet forgotten that MONDAY
North Carolina barbecue and tur-
key dinner they. enjoyed at Vir-
ginia Dare Shores. AS good North
Carolinian might have put it, at
was mighty FIFTEEN preliminary
to the ceremonies of the after
noon"
Lindsay Warren, Representa-
tive in Congress from this district,
made the principal address when
the corner stone was laid for the
monument which stands at the top
of Kill Devil Hill today. Thanks
to Congressman Warren, and to
those who worked with him-nen
like Herbert Bonner, Victor Meek
ms and w. o. Saunders, who first
suggested that the area be estab-
lished as a National Monument.
Because of them, future genera
tons of Americans will appreciate
the meanings of place names like
Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and
the. Outer Banks.
You know, we in the National
Park Service so often speak Of fu-
ture generations. We say future
generations will be inspired by a
national memorial, or future gen
creations will appreciate the natural
values and the beauty Of national
park, or they will appreciate the
history recognized by national
monument.
| like to think that the reason
we keep remembering future gem
erations is because we comprise a
select inner circle Of converts"
who have seen the results of coed
conservation, Of protecting the Ma
TONS historic, natural and scienti-
fic values. like to think that we
know these promises will come true.