Orville and Bishop Milton Wright arriving for the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony

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Orville and Bishop Milton Wright arriving for the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony

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Orville and Bishop Milton Wright are exiting carriages as they arrive for the medals ceremony during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. Five horse drawn carriages are lined up behind the Bishop and Orville Wright on the racetrack at the fairgrounds. In the background, soldiers from the Second and Third Regiments of the Ohio National Guard are lined up in formation. Along the top part of the image, the large crowd witnesses the ceremony.


Photographer: Iddings, Andrew S.
Date: June 18, 1909

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