Historical Marker
Rock Spring
Historical marker location:
Waterloo, Alabama
( Marker can be reached from Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 330.2), 1.4 miles north of County Road 2, on the right 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.