[Aquamarine]

I found this story while doing a little research the other day.

Thought it may interest you Lady.

Taking Flight
Taking flight How the "dropouts from Dayton" changed the world forever. One hundred years ago, Wilbur and Orville Wright took a leap into the unknown.

[LadyX]

Thank you for the link to the story on the Wright Brothers, Aquamarine.
It is more than of a little interest, since my husband as a little boy lived just a block over from The Homestead, as the Wright Brothers property was called.

This section of Dayton was called Hills and Dales, John Patterson (founder of the National Cash Register Company) living there, often seen riding his white horse around the area by his mother, Marie.
His statue there depicts him on that horse.
(Her father worked for Mr. Patterson, for whom Wright-Patterson AFB was named.)

Marie and her best friend, Agnes, as children living nearby, often hung on the fence and visited with the Wright brothers, watching their experiments with components for flight on the hill.

The two girls maintained a lifelong friendship, visiting back and forth even after Marie moved to Florida in the 60's, until Agnes died when they were in their latter eighties.

Bernie often went sledding there, The Homestead situated on a hill that sloped long and wonderfully - a favorite place for all the children.