Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. In this episode, travel up to Gettysburg, PA with us to the site of Dwight Eisenhower's retirement home. The now Eisenhower National Historic Site invited the Pall Mall Doughboys to join in on the programming on…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys, a podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. On this episode, we talk with historian, reenactor, and dart champion Billy Jack of Elizabethton, Tennessee. He has spent a lot of time researching the 30th division, a division made up of Tennessee, North Ca…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Thank you for listening! We hope you found this episode interesting or informational. Let us know if you have any questions by reaching out to pallmalldoughboys@gmail.com. Or if you have any topics you would lik…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Join Rangers Nate Dodson and Tanner Wells as they detail the plans for the Great War Expo being held on April 6th, 2024 at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park. We discuss why April 6 is an important date, int…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. In this episode we talk with Louis Varnell, owner of the History Company in Ft. Oglethorpe GA. A purveyor of all things historical and military, Lou was one of the first WW1 Living Historians to program at Sgt. …

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. On this episode, Alec Parsons, the newest member of the staff at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park, tells us about the research he has conducted on his family member, Clyde Hestand of Moss, TN, who was onbo…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. This week we are talking with Mr. Sam Reed, a longtime living historian and prominent member of the "Pall Mall Doughboys". We talk Living History, Model T Fords, and our recent "Kidnap the Kaiser" program that S…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. This episode explores WW1 songs and singing, featuring field recordings from the Red Cross Canteen at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park's Veterans Day event 2023. Mr. Gavin Abbott, longtime volunteer and di…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Visit tnstateparks.com/parks/sgt-alvin-c-york for more information on upcoming events. November 11th - Tennessee at War: A Living History event at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park April 6, 2024 - The Great…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Today's episode is a talk with creator and host of the Battles of the First World War podcast Mike Cunha about an overview of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, particularly where the 82nd Division was operating. We h…

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Today's episode is a summary of Alvin York's life so you can get to know the man we will be spending a few of our first episodes on. This is a reading of a paper written by the late Dr. Michael Birdwell, a good …

Hello there and welcome to our introductory episode of the Pall Mall Doughboys Podcast! In this episode we discuss who we are and why we are starting this podcast. This podcast was started by the Sergeant Alvin C. York State Historic Park in Pall Mall, Tennessee. As the home place of one the most well known First World War Medal of Honor recipients…