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Ronald Reagan: “We owe the Wright Brothers a debt of gratitude for their invention of engine-powered flight but also for their immortal…”

On the recordDecember 7, 1986
We owe the Wright Brothers a debt of gratitude for their invention of engine-powered flight but also for their immortal lesson of independence and determination.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Proclamation 5588—Wright Brothers Day, 1986

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