A small state park near the Kentucky border, Sgt. Alvin York State Park celebrates the life of WWI hero Alvin York, who singlehandedly captured over 100 German soldiers. The park has a recreation of a WWI trench and has preserved York's home and some of the buildings of the small town he grew up in. There is also the school he founded when he achieved fame after the war. The park likes to point out that the war was only a few years of York's life and he spent the next part of it advocating for education. The day I went, the park was having their Expo Day, which involves reenactors and a variety of special programs and displays. I made WWI dog tags as part of one of their special programs. They offer tours of the house three times a day and unfortunately the last one was at the same time as the program I signed up for. This park is out of the way but fascinating when it comes to WWI history, something not talked about much in Tennessee.
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May 2024
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