Tuskegee Airmen Memorial of Greater Pittsburgh

Submitted by:

  • Regis Bobonis Sr., the late groundbreaking black newspaper and TV reporter and Tuskegee Airmen historian

Location:

  • Sewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA

The Tuskegee Airmen Memorial was dedicated on September 15, 2013 to commemorate the legacy of the almost 100 Tuskegee Airmen who hailed from Western Pennsylvania and overcame racial prejudice and discrimination while becoming our country’s first military pilots. Mitchell Higginbotham, who died in February 2016, was the first Tuskegee Airman to be buried at the memorial.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Depreciation Lands Survey (approx. half a mile away); Flatiron Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Depreciation Lands Survey (approx. 0.6 miles away); Sewickley Public Library (approx. 0.6 miles away); Saint Matthews African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Atwell-Christy House (approx. ¾ mile away); The Presbyterian Church

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