Songs of the Day: Blind Boys are bringing us home.

After two days at the beach, today we headed north and went to Tuskegee,AL to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. The museum included the grounds and the first and second hangers. Hanger 1 contains many of the airplanes that African American pilots flew in World War II. A lot of people thought that they shouldn't fly because they were black, and did not have the proper education. But they were wrong, because the African-American pilots were some of the best at the time. 

The training started with thirteen men that wanted to do it, but only five passed at first. Then, more Blacks wanted to join so they became a whole squad- the #359th squad.

Hanger #2 had more exhibits and a very informational movie, with interviews of actual pilots. The film is currently winning an award at Cannes.

Then you get to see actual pilots’ outfits, an outfit that would have gone to space, real and replications of the airplanes that they flew. This is really cool.

Something I learned was that the motto for the Tuskegee Airmen was Double V: victory abroad and victory at home. Victory Abroad is winning battles against other countries, and well, doing their best. Their victory at home is racial justice, like they had been sent to WW2 to fight for democracy and rights, but when they came home, it was segregated. Many veterans became active in the Civil Rights Movement.

I feel lucky to have done this trip and recommend this type of trip to everyone. Read the books, learn our history and visit these amazing places

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