William Christopher Handy

Historical marker location:

Florence, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Hightower Place south of Veterans Drive (Alabama Route 133), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2007

City of Florence Walk of Honor.

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.