Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
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| Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location | Tuskegee, Alabama, USA |
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| Area | 44.71 acres (0.18 km²) |
| Established | November 6, 1998 |
| Visitors | 10,323 (in 2005) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, commemorates the contributions of African American airmen in World War II. Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. It was constructed in 1941 as a new training base. The field was named after former Tuskegee Institute principal Robert Russa Moton, who died the previous year.
Established on November 6, 1998, the National Historic Site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places the same day. The site has a temporary visitor center, pending completion of the first phases of a restoration project around 2008. An oral history project, consisting of interviews of hundreds of people involved in the Tuskegee Airmen, was completed in 2005 and will eventually be available to the public at the historic site and at the Library of Congress. It is currently being run by a Roosevelt Lewis.
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- Official NPS website: Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- Legends of Tuskegee
- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
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