Saluda Hill Cemetery

Historical marker location:

34742 Alabama 225, Spanish Fort, Alabama

( Marker is on Alabama Route 225, 4.7 miles north of Spanish Fort Blvd (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1997

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.