Campsite 3

Historical marker location:

Lowndesboro, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Frederick Douglass Road and U.S. 80, on the left when traveling south on Frederick Douglass Road.)

Selma to Montgomery Trail.

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.