Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
1941At Moton Field in Tuskegee, nearly 1,000 Black pilots trained during WWII, breaking racial barriers in the U.S. military.
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Everything Auburn is known for
Auburn, Alabama, a historic college town known as "The Loveliest Village on the Plains," has a notable connection to music through its artists and songs. Five artists call Auburn home, including rock bands Man or Astro-man? and Hot Rod Circuit, country artist Brad Cotter, and Americana group The Pine Hill Haints. The city is also mentioned in nine songs, such as "Flora-Bama" by Kenny Chesney and "Country Nation" by Brad Paisley.
A unique musical feature in Auburn is the "War Eagle Road" on South Donahue Drive, which plays the first seven notes of Auburn University's fight song, "War Eagle," when driven over at 35 mph. This musical road is the first of its kind on a college campus and the first to feature a fight song.
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Auburn.
At Moton Field in Tuskegee, nearly 1,000 Black pilots trained during WWII, breaking racial barriers in the U.S. military.
Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881; George Washington Carver later ran its agricultural department, revolutionizing Southern farming.
13 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Auburn, Alabama, nestled in the gentle hills at just over 700 feet above sea level, owes its existence to a convergence of factors in the early 19th century. Founded in 1836 and incorporated just three years later, the…
Pull over here for a second; this unassuming spot marks a pivotal moment for Auburn's African American community. After the Civil War ended in 1865, freed people in the area yearned for a place to worship and gather.…
This is War Eagle Road — the first musical road ever built on a college campus. In 2019, Auburn engineering alum Tim Arnold applied specially designed pavement tape to the northbound lane of South Donahue Drive that…
You're passing by a place where agricultural history was made! The Old Rotation, right here on the Auburn University campus, is one of the oldest continuous agricultural experiments in the US. It all started way back in…
You're driving past a place that's been quietly changing how we understand farming for over a century. This is the site of the Cullars Rotation experiment. Back in 1911, Auburn University started this long-term study to…
Opelika, a city whose name evokes its Creek origins as "large swamp," has recently experienced a surge in growth that's reshaping its identity. While manufacturing, particularly in the automotive sector, remains a…
Loachapoka, Alabama, began as a Creek settlement. The name itself hints at the area's geography – "Loachapoka" is Creek for "turtle killing place." This wasn't just any spot; it was where the Federal Road crossed a…
Right here, at the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School, you're standing at a crossroads of faith, education, and a dark chapter in American history. This location served Macon County's African American…
At Moton Field in Tuskegee, nearly 1,000 Black pilots trained during WWII, breaking racial barriers in the U.S. military.
Where the legendary Black fighter pilots trained during WWII. Moton Field is preserved.
Tuskegee, Alabama, sits amid gently rolling hills, a landscape that once defined its agricultural prosperity. While the terrain itself isn't unique, the spirit of innovation that took root here distinguishes it. Before…
Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881; George Washington Carver later ran its agricultural department, revolutionizing Southern farming.
Pull over here for a second, because you're about to drive past a place that changed American history: Tuskegee University. Founded on July 4, 1881, by Booker T. Washington, the Tuskegee Institute, as it was then known,…