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At Risk: Memories of Cordell Hull and Sergeant York

At Risk: Memories of Cordell Hull and Sergeant York Fred Brown Appalachian Heritage, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 1992, pp. 25-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1992.0039 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438372/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:38 GMT from JHU Libraries Will rivalries, buck-passing, and bureaucratic delay deprive tomorrow's Appalachians of some unique history? At Risk: Memories of Cordell Hull and Sergeant York Fred Brown Historians, lovers of antiquities, and others are in shock in Tennessee over news that the homes and artifacts of two of the state's most rec- ognized heroes are in mortal danger of disappearing while the state agencies in charge of preservation twiddle their thumbs in Nero-like indifference. In one case, the Cordell Hull birthplace and museum, near Byrdstown, faces a variety of threats. There is little or no protection from fire or theft. Hordes of insects dine voraciously on the very foun- dations of the building as well as on the original photographs of the man who served as Secretary of State longer than any other American in history. Not far down the road in a neighboring county along the mighty Cumberland Plateau is the home of Sergeant Alvin York. All of the old http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

At Risk: Memories of Cordell Hull and Sergeant York

Brown, Fred.
Appalachian Review , Volume 20 (2) – Jan 8, 2014
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Fred Brown Appalachian Heritage, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 1992, pp. 25-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1992.0039 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438372/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:38 GMT from JHU Libraries Will rivalries, buck-passing, and bureaucratic delay deprive tomorrow's Appalachians of some unique history? At Risk: Memories of Cordell Hull and Sergeant York Fred Brown Historians, lovers of antiquities, and others are in shock in Tennessee over news that the homes and artifacts of two of the state's most rec- ognized heroes are in mortal danger of disappearing while the state agencies in charge of preservation twiddle their thumbs in Nero-like indifference. In one case, the Cordell Hull birthplace and museum, near Byrdstown, faces a variety of threats. There is little or no protection from fire or theft. Hordes of insects dine voraciously on the very foun- dations of the building as well as on the original photographs of the man who served as Secretary of State longer than any other American in history. Not far down the road in a neighboring county along the mighty Cumberland Plateau is the home of Sergeant Alvin York. All of the old

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