"The third statue to warrant a dedication ceremony, Wickham’s Sergeant York stood on the left side of the WWII memorial that Wickham had dedicated two years earlier. The smallest of the statues to date, York, with his military stance, still had a commanding presence. Wickham commemorates York’s birth in Pall Mall, Tennessee, and his heroic achievements in World War I. Perhaps the work is best understood as a World War I monument; the inscription on its base lists five names of the Gallant Men of Tennessee Who Received the Medal of Honor on the Battlefields of World War I.

The statue of Sgt. York was dedicated at the same ceremony as Wickham’s statue of Andrew Jackson. Austin Peay State University Professor of History Milton Henry and Montgomery County Judge W. D. Hudson gave the dedicatory remarks. An April 1963 letter in the family records kept by Nancy Johnson Ledbetter, Wickham’s granddaughter, indicates that Wickham had first hoped that Senator Kefauver would give the dedicatory remarks for the statue of Sergeant York. The Senator graciously declined due to his Senate schedule, but indicated he would gladly come after the close of sessions.

The stately figure of Sergeant York, which was one of the four Wickham statues removed from the site and restored for exhibition at the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, now presides over the hallway of the Austin Peay State University Art Department." - quoted text is from the 2001 Customs House Museum Online Wickham Exhibit.