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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X91_carvers-laboratory-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
The primary idea in all of my work was to help the farmer and fill the poor man's empty dinner pail . . . —George Washington Carver George Washington Carver taught classes and developed new products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and oth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X88_the-tuskegee-veterans-administration-hospital-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
The Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital (VA), established in 1923, is significant as the first VA hospital in the nation to be administered by an all African American medical staff. After WWI, African American veterans found it difficult …
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This two-story brick structure, built in 1870, is an example of the Italianate Style. Many of these buildings no longer exist, being replaced by later growth in downtown districts. The Italianate Style is distinguished by the large upper story arc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWC_the-tuskegee-airmen-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
The first African American fighter pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps were the public face of the Tuskegee Airmen. They made extraordinary contributions to the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. But their success was made possible by the…
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Young African American men came to Tuskegee from all over the nation to train as military pilots. They began with primary flight training here at Tuskegee Institute's Moton Field. Tuskegee Institute also had a smaller field, Kennedy Field, where s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VW8_prepared-to-fight-and-die-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site commemorates the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II—and to American society afterward. The site preserves Moton Field, where the airmen trained before going to war. Their courageou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VW6_new-vistas-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Moton Field was built by Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University, in 1941 after the school contracted with the U.S. Army to provide primary flight training for the nation's first African American military pilots. By the end of World War II alm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VW5_the-place-where-we-learned-to-fly-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Over 1,000 cadets learned to fly here at Moton Field, taking off and landing on an open, grassy field beyond the structures below. The field was used so intensely for primary flight training during World War II that the aircraft soon rutted the fi…
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During World War II a guard house stood just outside the brick entrance gates to Moton Field. The framed structure closest to you is a representation of the guard house. The historic entrance gates are just beyond. How excited the young cadets mus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VW2_oil-storage-shed-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
This ventilated shed provided safe and convenient storage for the large quantities and various grades of oil used at Moton Field for the maintenance of airplanes and service vehicles. It has been adapted to house the site's fire protection system.…
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