Historical Marker
Fort Jackson
Historical marker location:
2521 West Fort Toulouse Road, Wetumpka, Alabama
( Marker is on West Fort Toulouse Road, 0.3 miles south of Jackson Park Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1915
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.