Become a part of the legacy of Sgt. York with an annual membership in or contribution to the SYPF.

With a motto of “Legacy in Action,” Sgt. York Patriotic Foundation (SYPF) is preserving and promoting the legacy of America’s greatest WWI hero, Alvin C. York. SYPF works with York State Park and York family to preserve the York home, farm and artifacts; develops and coordinates educational opportunities for youth and adults; works to increase sustainable York heritage tourism; operates York General Store Visitor Center; and is restoring historic York Institute built by Sgt. York.

Membership registration accepted online (click here), by mail or in person at the York General Store in Pall Mall, Tennessee. Please include member’s full name, mailing address, telephone number and email address along with a check or money order made payable to
Sgt. York Patriotic Foundation.

For more information contact:

 Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation
Email: sypfdirector@gmail.com
Memberships, Official Correspondence and Donations: Web: www.sgtyork.org      

 Blog: www.yorkgeneralstore.blogspot.com
(P.O. Box 100, Pall Mall, Tennessee 38577)

The Sergeatn York Patriotic Foundation has been awarded the
2011 Cumberland Business Journal Ovation Award for Excellence in Tourism Promotion

With a motto of “Legacy in Action,” the Sgt. York Patriotic Foundation (SYPF) is preserving and promoting the legacy of America’s greatest WWI hero, Fentress County native Sgt. Alvin C. York. The SYPF works with York State Park and the York family to preserve the York home, farm and artifacts; publishes a quarterly journal, “Sgt. York Says;” develops and coordinates educational opportunities for youth and adults; strives to increase sustainable heritage tourism; and operates York General Store Visitor Center, offering regional tourism materials and an interpretive center, which serves as an event and free tour headquarters as well as a WWI and York book and gift shop and deli.

Founded in 1993, past SYPF accomplishments include achieving issuance of a York postal stamp, construction of the reproduction 1930s-era store/visitor center and publishing out-of-print historic books. The Foundation is currently in the process of restoring historic York Institute, built by York in the 1920s, as a multipurpose educational facility for the Upper Cumberland. More than $1 million has been spent on the proposed $5 million project.

Other recent accomplishments have included securing and implementing an Appalachian Regional Commission grant for more than $40,000 for interpretation and promotion of Sgt. Alvin C. York State Park in Pall Mall and Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park in Byrdstown in an effort to increase tourism to the sites; hosting an annual Veteran’s Day ceremony that attracts veterans and visitors from across the region; presenting the Sgt. York Cultural Arts and Heritage Celebration with a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission to showcase more than two dozen musical, performing and visual artists; creating a digital archive of York’s papers, photos and other paper ephemera; and enhancing Sgt. York’s presence on the Internet though use of social media, blogs and You-Tube; and upgrading www.sgtyork.org to include down-loadable brochures, lesson plans, GPS coordinates for Pall Mall attractions and educational photos, slideshows and documents.

Through a grant from Humanities Tennessee the SYPF bringing the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibition “The Way We Worked” to the Upper Cumberland April 28-June 2, 2012, at Progressive Savings Bank in Jamestown.

To volunteer, join or donate, contact SYPF Executive Director Claudia Johnson at sypfdirector@gmail.com or
call 931-347-2664.