Historical Marker
Coffee High School
Historical marker location:
Florence, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Hermitage Drive (County Route 47) and North Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Hermitage Drive.)
Marker installed: 2017
1917~1951.
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.