Historical Marker
The Tree That Owns Itself
Historical marker location:
512 Cotton Avenue, Eufaula, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Cotton Avenue and Highland Avenue on Cotton Avenue.)
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.