Stephen H. Smith is an American sculptor best known for his interactive life-sized sculpture depicting the first flight of the Wright brothers 1903 flyer on display at the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Kill Devil Hills is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 5,897 at the 2000 census.Nearby Kitty Hawk is frequently cited as the location of the Wright brothers' first controlled, powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903...

. The sculpture was commissioned for the Centennial of Flight celebration by the State of North Carolina.

Smith has also created other public artworks such as a life sized sculpture of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...

 for a park bearing his name in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....

, of Benjamin Newton Duke

Benjamin Newton Duke

Benjamin Newton Duke was a U.S. tobacco, textile, energy industrialist and philanthropist.-Biography:...

 for Duke University and for the Union County Community Arts Council in Union County, North Carolina

Union County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 123,677 people, 43,390 households, and 34,278 families residing in the county. The population density was 194 people per square mile . There were 45,695 housing units at an average density of 72 per square mile...

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