ST. LOUIS - A new exhibit about the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black fighter pilots deployed overseas to fight during World War II, is on display at Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in downtown St. Louis.

The exhibit called "Tuskegee Airmen: America’s Freedom Flyers" tells an incredible story of the inspiring aviators who broke racial barriers and earned their wings during the 1940s amid segregation and discrimination.

It also tells the story of the thousands of men and women who worked unrelentingly to keep the airmen who achieved remarkable success during the war in the air.

The exhibit features documents, artifacts, a P-51 model fighter plane emblazoned with a distinctive fiery redtail; and a special section for Hometown Heroes.

The area includes 91 images of Tuskegee Airmen from the St. Louis area and their stories. Many were from Sumner and Vashon high schools and East St. Louis.

The exhibit will be on display through Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. It is free and open to the public.

Everyone, including students, is invited to visit the exhibit. Visitors will also notice something new outside the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum.

A part of Chestnut Street, which runs in front of Soldiers Memorial, has been renamed Tuskegee Airmen Way in honor of one of the U.S. military’s most iconic groups of fighter pilots.

"Tuskegee Airmen: America’s Freedom Flyers" is a traveling exhibit presented by NOLAWorld Music & Artwerks in partnership with the Hugh J. White Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. in St. Louis.