Pyle's Defeat

Historical marker location:

2644 Maple Ave, Burlington, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Maple Avenue (State Highway 49) and Anthony Road (County Road 1148), on the right when traveling south on Maple Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2013

The Wright Brothers, credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane, made their first successful flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.