Historical Marker
The Union First Parallel / Union Siege Battery No. 16
Historical marker location:
640 Southern Way, Spanish Fort, Alabama
( Marker is on Southern Way north of Pirates Lane, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2015
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.