Historical Marker

Choctaw Corner

Historical marker location:
Bashi, Alabama
( Marker is on Bashi Road (County Road 48) 5 miles west of Route 25, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1978

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.