Wilbur and Orville Wright accepting a medal from Ohio Governor Judson Harmon during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony
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Wilbur and Orville Wright are accepting the State of Ohio medal from Governor Judson Harmon during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. Ivonette and Leontine Wright, the daughters of Lorin Wright, are seated behind Wilbur. Next to the two girls on the right side is Katharine Wright, Lorin Wright's wife, Ivonette Stokes Wright, Lorin Wright, and Horace Wright, the son of Lorin Wright. School children are clothed in red, white, and blue forming the United States of America flag in the grandstands. On the right side of the image, a large crowd of observers can be seen.
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Iddings, Andrew S.
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June 18, 1909 |
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