Historical Marker
Fort Blakeley (Fort Blakely*)
Historical marker location:
Battlefield Road, Blakeley, Alabama
( Marker can be reached from Battlefield Road, 0.3 miles east of Green Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2017
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.