Historical Marker
Sand Rock
Historical marker location:
Sand Rock, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Sand Rock Avenue and Wildcat Street, on the left when traveling north on Sand Rock 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.