Memorial Tower
Shifting dune
Later stabilized
Kill devil hill
Commemorating the achievement of the Wright brothers, a 60-foot-tall granite monument was constructed atop the 90-foot-tall Kill Devil Hill sand dune. To secure the sandy foundation, bermuda grass was planted on the shifting dune and the surrounding area with fertilizer spread throughout. When is human intervention in natural processes acceptable?
“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.” – Orville Wright