Old Plank Road

Historical marker location:

Prattville, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Maple Street and Pletcher Street, on the right when traveling west on Maple Street.)

Marker installed: 2001

Circa 1840's.

The city of Tuskegee, Alabama is the birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military pilots. During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen were trained at the Tuskegee Institute and went on to fly over 1,500 missions in the war.