December 11th 2009
Black powder shoot, Pall Mall, March 27 2010
Black Powder Shoot Conjures Past
The 18th Annual Sgt. Alvin C. York Black Powder Shoot is set for Saturday, March 27, 2010, in the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf River at Pall Mall.
The cost is $35 for 10, one-shot matches, with the score being the total measurement of all 10 shots. Competition events include X-center, over-the-log, 60 paces and traditional muzzleloading rifles. There are prizes for overall top score, best “X” of the day and best-costumed man and woman.
The women’s costume contest encourages old dresses, hose with back seams, bonnets, etc. The men’s competition could include bibbed overalls, wide ties, old suit jacket with wide lapels, fedora hats and more.
Only traditional rifles, flint or percussion, either traditional hunting or “old style” traditional target type are acceptable. There is no limit to weight or caliber. No false muzzles, no sealed ignition, no in-line actions, no thumbhole or adjustable stocks and no padded butt plates are allowed. Rifles must shoot black powder with patched lead round balls, no bullets. Shaders are permitted, but must not extend past the rear of the breech. For additional rules, visit www.sgtyork.org. The $35 registration fee includes the $5 membership in Alvin York Rifles and $30 match fee. Call 317-422-9750 for registration information.
Claudia Johnson-Nichols
Executive Director
Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation
Email: sypfdirector@gmail.com
Phone: 931.347.2664
December 4th 2009
The Sergeant York Project Team, in association with David Currey, has uploaded the first in a number of Youtube videos to describe our search for the true site of Sgt. York's exploits and to dispel some of the illfounded assumptions and conclusions that have been circulating elsewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwdtwf3Tvw8
By using the latest Geographical Information Science (GIS) hardware and software and painstakingly researching historical documents, we firmly believe that we have amassed the conclusive evidence necessary to justify our conclusions.
October 26th 2009
Available soon on this website - the results and findings of the April 2009 Project Team Expedition to the Argonne Forest.
Since April, the Project Team have fastidiously collated the additional evidence gathered at Châtel-Chéhéry during their 10 day mission. Again working alongside French authorities, the team found evidence of the burial places of the six men in the patrol who were killed on the morning of October 8 1918.
The bodies of these men were later recovered and re-interred. This information will be freely available on this website.
September 2009
Much is happening with the Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation. The school, founded by Alvin C. York is in need of immediate renovation to save it from ruin. $500,000 is needed urgently to achieve this, more to restore the building. Those working hard to save the building are unpaid volunteers who have a desire to see a center of education originated by a Tennessee hero, not only survive but thrive.
Please click here to read the important article on the Sergeant York Patriotic Fund new-look website. Here you will find a whole host of activities which will not only be fun in which to participate, but beneficial to the saving of this institution.
February 2009
** The York bust in place in the Village Hall at Châtel-Chéhéry
Picture: Courtesy of Fred Castier
U-Tube Video
** Click here if you would like to see Utube video on the Project, put together by Middle Tennessee State University.
Our brand new and exclusive 80-page tour guide is now on sale. You can buy online via Paypal. We can mail our tour guide book worldwide. More details...
22nd January 2008 Pte Joseph Konotski
David Kornacki a Police Detective from Ludlow Police Dept, M.A. has been in contact. His grandfather was Pte. Joseph Konotski who was a member of Alvin York's section. Joe fortunately survived the engagement in the Argonne forest although he was wounded in a later confrontation. David has heard the stories as handed down to him by his relatives but he is anxious to learn of any additional information. Please contact him via this website.
The York Bust - Dr. Sam Barnes
Now proudly on display inside the village Mairie at Châtel-Chéhéry
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German Gas Mask Found at York Site
This is a picture of one of the German gas masks that was recovered close to the scene of Alvin York's action. It is shown after stabilisation by the Heritage Service Conservation Department at Lincoln, England. The whole process took 10 months to achieve.
Gas Mask before treatment
(Click here for photograph of gas mask as found)
Click on above link for some of the artifact photographs taken by the York Project Team in November 2006
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