Historical Marker
New Rosemere Cemetery
Historical marker location:
1620 Long Street, Opelika, Alabama
( Marker is on Long Street, 0.1 miles north of Auburn Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2013
Lee County.
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.