East Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Cornelia Fort Airport

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020

1. Cornelia Fort Airport Marker

Inscription. Cornelia Fort (1919-43), Nashville's first woman flying instructor volunteer, Army's WAFS, WWII, was the first woman pilot to die on war duty in American history. "I am grateful that my one talent, flying, was useful to my country," she wrote shortly before her death. Miss Fort was lost in a crash over Texas flying a basic-trainer plane, BT 13-A, across the United States.

Erected 1976 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 66.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.

Location. 36° 11.417′ N, 86° 42.241′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in East Nashville. It is on Shadow Lane 0.1 miles north of Airpark Drive, on the right when traveling north. Marker located at entrance to Shelby Park Greenway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1099 Shadow Ln, Nashville

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TN 37206, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stratford High School (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Roy Acuff House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Stringbean Memorial Dogwood Tree (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rock City (approx. 1½ miles away); The Buchanan-Harding House (approx. 1½ miles away); Two Rivers Mansion (approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named Two Rivers Mansion (approx. 1.6 miles away); Professor Bailey (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Also see . . . Cornelia Fort | American Experience. From the PBS series. (Submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020

2. Cornelia Fort Airport Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 701 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.