Isabel La Catolica

Historical marker location:

401 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Government Street (U.S. 90) just east of South Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1967

1451-1504.

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.