Historical Marker
Gen. Bernardo de Galvez
Historical marker location:
51233 AL-225, Stockton, Alabama
( Marker can be reached from Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2009
1746 - 1786.
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.