Historical Marker
Governor Thomas E. Kilby
Historical marker location:
Anniston, Alabama
( Marker is on East 10th Street west of Kirkwood Avenue, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2001
1865-1943.
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.