Historical Marker
French's Chapel
Historical marker location:
Barlow Bend Road, Barlow Bend, Alabama
( Marker is on Barlow Bend Road, 0.2 miles north of Madison Road (Route 33), on the left when traveling north.)
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.