Sergeant Alvin C. York Statue - Nashville, Tennessee - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Statue depicts Sergeant York standing with his rifle in a shooting position. He is wearing a World War I army uniform and helmet. The base of the statue is inscribed:

Front:

ALVIN C. YORK
ARMED WITH HIS RIFLE AND PISTOL, HIS COURAGE AND SKILL THIS ONE TENNESSEAN
SILENCED A GERMAN BATTALION OF 35 MACHINE GUNS KILLING 25 ENEMY SOLDIERS AND
CAPTURING 132 IN THE ARGONNE FOREST OF FRANCE, OCTOBER 8, 1918.

Left Side:

ALVIN C. YORK
1887-1964
PALL MALL FENTRESS COUNTY
TENNESSEE

Right Side:

FELIX DE WELDON
SCULPTOR
MONUMENT ERECTED 1968
BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE

Back:

WHAT YOU DID WAS THE GREATEST THING ACCOMPLISHED
BY ANY PRIVATE SOLDIER OF ALL THE ARMIES OF EUROPE.
MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALLIED ARMIES

TITLE: Sergeant Alvin C. York Statue ARTIST(S): Felix George Weihs De Weldon DATE: 1968. Dedicated Dec. 1968. MEDIUM: Bronze with green patina on green Swedish granite. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TN000258 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Tennessee State Capitol Charlotte Avenue Southeast corner of grounds Nashville, Tennessee DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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