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York is still remembered in Pall Mall
On the week of Veterans Day, my thoughts have turned to Pall Mall, Tenn. I traveled through this tiny town late last year while roaming through Jamestown, braving snow showers and exploring parts of the Big South Fork National Recreation Area.
Alvin Yorka s son and Gary Coopera s daughter to appear at National World War I Museum
They lead wildly dissimilar lives, yet thanks to a movie they are inextricably linked.She is the daughter of Hollywood royalty, a resident of the Big Apple and married to a world-class concert pianist.He is the fifth of 10 children and still works on the Tennessee farm that has been his only home, though his job now entails answering questions from ...
Random Thoughts: a hero not forgotten
Next week we will remember and honor those who served our country during wars. It began as Armistice Day as a remembrance of WWI, but as wars continued, the name was changed to Veterans Day to honor those from all wars our country fought.
Cooper And Davis Want Less Spending On The Health Care Reform
From the IS blog : Moderate Tennessee Democratic Reps. Jim Cooper of Nashville and Lincoln Davis of Pall Mall have joined other House Democrats in sending a letter to House Democratic leadership calling for reform legislation to reduce overall health care spending.
Save the historic School York built
Assistance from throughout the world is being sought to ensure that the school built by WWI hero Sgt.
Rosson: If original, painting could be worth a mint
Laurence Stephen Lowry is a British artist best known for his paintings of industrial areas in northern England.
Proud son of WWI hero Sgt. York gives tours at park named for father
PALL MALL, Tenn. - On a hot summer day, a couple from Kentucky pull off U.S. Highway 127 to visit the home of Alvin C. York , the decorated World War I hero who single-handedly captured 132 prisoners in a famous firefight against the German army in France.
Ask KEN: Octogenarian Mickey Mouse has his star in cement
Dear Ken: How old is Mickey Mouse and how many people have provided his voice in cartoons over the years? According to the Disney Archives, the little mouse with the big ears and high-pitched voice turns 81 on Nov.
In the Junk Drawer tonight:Pack of Pall Mall's bought by a Tennessee mIn the Junk Drawer tonight:Pack of Pall Mall's bought by a Tennessee man over the weekend has to be the priciest ever.Jason Bryant says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.When his card was declined ...
Son of WWI hero raising funds to save namesake school
The name Sgt. Alvin York is synonymous with American military heroism. A 1941 movie starring Gary Cooper depicted the extreme bravery of this modest Christian, who struggled with pacifism during World War I. Yet, when fellow soldiers were falling, York almost single-handedly led an attack on a German machine-gun nest, taking out machine guns, ...
Patriotic foundation launches Internet effort to save York Institute
The effort to save a local war hero's school has moved to the World Wide Web. Sgt. Alvin York was one of the most highly decorated soldiers in WWI.
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