Historical Marker
Buckhorn Tavern / Buckhorn Tavern Skirmish
Historical marker location:
New Market, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Winchester Road and Maysville Road, on the left when traveling south on Winchester Road.)
Marker installed: 1996
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.