Historical Marker
Alabama
Historical marker location:
Blakeley, Alabama
( Memorial is on Washington Avenue south of Old Blakeley Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2010
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.