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background-color: #DAEFFF; text-align: center;">Kentucky Colonel<br /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Commissioning_Certificate_awarded_to_Daniel_S._Pe%C3%B1a_Sr.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Kentucky Colonelcy certificate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Commissioning_Certificate_awarded_to_Daniel_S._Pe%C3%B1a_Sr.png/220px-Commissioning_Certificate_awarded_to_Daniel_S._Pe%C3%B1a_Sr.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Commissioning_Certificate_awarded_to_Daniel_S._Pe%C3%B1a_Sr.png/330px-Commissioning_Certificate_awarded_to_Daniel_S._Pe%C3%B1a_Sr.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Commissioning_Certificate_awarded_to_Daniel_S._Pe%C3%B1a_Sr.png/440px-Commissioning_Certificate_awarded_to_Daniel_S._Pe%C3%B1a_Sr.png 2x" data-file-width="3066" data-file-height="4290" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> certificate for a Kentucky Colonel issued in 1987 by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Layne_Collins" title="Martha Layne Collins">Governor Martha Layne Collins</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Awarded by <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/State_order" title="State order">State order</a> & <a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">order of merit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1894</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort, Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ribbon</th><td class="infobox-data">Kentucky Blue</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">United We Stand<br />Divided We Fall</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data">Civilian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criteria</th><td class="infobox-data">Recognition of good deed, contribution to state prosperity, community service, or noteworthy action performed by an individual.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(U.S._honorary_title)" title="Colonel (U.S. honorary title)">Honorary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Connell_Bradley" title="William O'Connell Bradley">Governor Col. William O'Connell Bradley</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First induction</th><td class="infobox-data">1894</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last induction</th><td class="infobox-data">Current</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total inductees</th><td class="infobox-data">About 350,000</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kentucky Colonel</b> is the highest <a href="/wiki/Title_of_honor" title="Title of honor">title of honor</a> bestowed by the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a>. It is the most well known <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(U.S._honorary_title)" title="Colonel (U.S. honorary title)">colonelcy</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-ACN_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Kentucky Colonel Commission (the certificate) is awarded in the name of the Commonwealth by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">governor of Kentucky</a> to individuals with "Honorable" titular style recognition preceding the names of civilians aged 18 or over, for noteworthy accomplishments, contributions to civil society, remarkable deeds, or outstanding service to the community, state, or a nation.<sup id="cite_ref-COK_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COK-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Governor bestows the honorable title with a colonelcy <a href="/wiki/Commission_(document)" title="Commission (document)">commission</a>, by issuance of <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a>. </p><p>While many famous and noteworthy people have received commissions as Kentucky colonels, the award is equally available to those of all backgrounds based on their deeds. A Kentucky Colonel is traditionally considered a <a href="/wiki/Goodwill_ambassador" title="Goodwill ambassador">goodwill ambassador</a> of the Kentucky state, culture, folklore, traditions and values.<sup id="cite_ref-KCUS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCUS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Kentucky colonels are considered in Common Law to be aides-de-camp to the governors and members of their staff and thus entitled to the <a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">style</a> of "<a href="/wiki/Honorable" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorable">Honorable</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-FOA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kentucky colonels are usually just referred to and addressed as "Colonel" and use the abbreviation "Col." or <i>Kentucky colonel</i> when the term is not being used as a specific title for an individual. Most properly in writing this becomes "Col. First Name, Middle, Surname, Kentucky Colonel".<sup id="cite_ref-FOA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Daniel_Boone_by_Chester_Harding_1820.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Portrait_of_Daniel_Boone_by_Chester_Harding_1820.jpg/220px-Portrait_of_Daniel_Boone_by_Chester_Harding_1820.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Portrait_of_Daniel_Boone_by_Chester_Harding_1820.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Col. Daniel Boone</a>, one of the first Kentucky colonels, painted by <a href="/wiki/Chester_Harding_(painter)" title="Chester Harding (painter)">Chester Harding</a> in 1820</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Kentucky_Colonels">First Kentucky Colonels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First Kentucky Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1776, Col. <a href="/wiki/John_Bowman_(pioneer)" title="John Bowman (pioneer)">John Bowman</a> was the first Kentucky colonel officially appointed. Col. John Bowman was appointed as colonel of the Militia of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_County,_Virginia" title="Kentucky County, Virginia">Kentucky County</a> by Governor of the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Patrick Henry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable pioneer, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a> was given the title "colonel" by Col. Judge Richard Henderson in 1775 when he founded the settlement of <a href="/wiki/Boonesborough,_Kentucky" title="Boonesborough, Kentucky">Boonesborough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boone was not officially granted a Kentucky colonelcy until 1780 when he was commissioned by the governor of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-ref1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time Kentucky colonelcy was still military appointment in contrast to the modern Kentucky colonelcy which is an honorary title for civilians. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stewart_Todd" title="Charles Stewart Todd">Charles S. Todd</a> is often mistakenly believed to be the first recipient an honorary commission of a Kentucky colonel in 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is disputed by Col. Todd's biography, and US military archives.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The identity of first civilian honorary colonel is not known. In 1895, Governor <a href="/wiki/William_O%27Connell_Bradley" title="William O'Connell Bradley">William O'Connell Bradley</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> commissioned the first honorary Kentucky colonels<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as an award of merit bestowed upon citizens for their individual contributions to the state, good deeds, and noteworthy actions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kentucky_Colonels_in_Literature">Kentucky Colonels in Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Kentucky Colonels in Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1784, <a href="/wiki/John_Filson" title="John Filson">John Filson</a> published his book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Discovery,_Settlement_and_Present_State_of_Kentucke" title="The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke">The discovery, settlement and present state of Kentucke</a></i> which contained an appendix entitled "The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers<i>"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Filson's book gained popularity and Boone became a symbol of American pioneering.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There became increased interest in the trans-Appalachian West among both Europeans and Americans. Filson's <i>The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers</i> was reprinted in France, Germany, England and New York.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the widespread fame of Filson's novel came a greater recognition of Kentucky and its colonelcy.<sup id="cite_ref-ref1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1890 <a href="/wiki/Opie_Read" title="Opie Read">Opie Read</a> published <i>A Kentucky Colonel</i> which spawned a new public perception of what a Kentucky colonel was, posing himself more as a refined, well-mannered southern gentleman, rather than a figure in the Kentucky militia.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1905, this view was expanded by <a href="/wiki/Zoe_Anderson_Norris" title="Zoe Anderson Norris">Zoe Anderson Norris</a> publishing <i>Twelve Kentucky Colonel Stories: Describing Scenes and Incidents in a Kentucky Colonel's Life in the Southland</i> in <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Sun_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Sun (historical)">The New York Sun</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_History">Contemporary History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Contemporary History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1931, a story about the growing amount of Kentucky colonels emerged, "Thousand New Kunnels, Suh, In 25 Years".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to 1932, only about 1,000 people had received official "Honorable" commissions as Kentucky colonels from Kentucky's governors. Governor <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Laffoon" title="Ruby Laffoon">Ruby Laffoon</a>, in office from 1931 to 1935, dramatically increased the number of colonels by issuing more than 10,000 commissions in 1933 and 1934; among his motives was officializing the Kentucky colonel to identify with the Commonwealth, taxing the title of colonel, and boosting his own political support. One of his most famous colonelships was granted to restaurateur <a href="/wiki/Harland_Sanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Harland Sanders">Harland Sanders</a>, who was commissioned by Laffoon in 1935. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonel_Harland_Sanders_in_character.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Colonel_Harland_Sanders_in_character.jpg/220px-Colonel_Harland_Sanders_in_character.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Colonel_Harland_Sanders_in_character.jpg/330px-Colonel_Harland_Sanders_in_character.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Colonel_Harland_Sanders_in_character.jpg/440px-Colonel_Harland_Sanders_in_character.jpg 2x" data-file-width="503" data-file-height="679" /></a><figcaption>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Harland_Sanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Harland Sanders">Harland Sanders</a> was commissioned by Governor <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Laffoon" title="Ruby Laffoon">Ruby Laffoon</a> in 1935 and launched <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Fried_Chicken" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Fried Chicken">Kentucky Fried Chicken</a> as a franchise chain in 1952.</figcaption></figure> <p>When Governor Albert Benjamin Chandler (better known as <a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Happy Chandler</a>) took office in 1935, he took a very different view on the distinction of a Kentucky colonel commission and only issued about a dozen new commissions annually, on <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby">Derby Day</a>. Governor <a href="/wiki/Keen_Johnson" title="Keen Johnson">Keen Johnson</a> followed Governor Chandler's lead during his time in office from 1939 to 1943, commissioning only those select individuals who were deemed to have exhibited exceptionally noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state or the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The subsequent governors, however, have typically been much more liberal in issuing Kentucky colonel commissions.<sup id="cite_ref-KYCOLTL_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KYCOLTL-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honorable_Order_of_Kentucky_Colonels">Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Honorable_Order_of_Kentucky_Colonels" title="Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels">Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Honorable_Order_of_Kentucky_Colonels" title="Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels">Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels</a> (HOKC) was first established during the depression in 1933 by Governor Ruby Laffoon as a state order of merit with an office at the capital. In 1957, it was incorporated as a nonprofit dedicated to building playgrounds, curating history, awarding scholarships and providing relief to Kentuckians in need.<sup id="cite_ref-HOKCvKCI_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOKCvKCI-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a person receives a <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commission</a> from the governor they automatically become an <i>honorary lifetime member</i> of the organization and, via donation to and participation in the HOKC's charitable efforts throughout the state they can be considered an active member.<sup id="cite_ref-COK_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COK-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOKC_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOKC-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kentucky_colonel_toast">Kentucky colonel toast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Kentucky colonel toast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1936, New York advertising agency owner, Kentucky colonel Arthur Kudner, wrote a toast to Kentucky colonels. The toast was quickly adopted by the HOKC, and it was widely promoted and published for use by colonels. The toast has since been ceremoniously presented at each of the Kentucky Colonels' <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Derby_Festival" title="Kentucky Derby Festival">Derby Eve</a> Banquets: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I give you a man dedicated to the good things of life, to the gentle, the heartfelt things, to good living, and to the kindly rites with which it is surrounded. In all the clash of a plangent world he holds firm to his ideal – a gracious existence in that country of content "where slower clocks strike happier hours". He stands in spirit on a tall-columned veranda, a hospitable glass in his hand, and he looks over the good and fertile earth, over ripening fields, over meadows of rippling bluegrass. The rounded note of a horn floats through the fragrant stillness. Afar, the sleek and shining flanks of a thoroughbred catch the bright sun. The broad door, open wide with welcome ... the slow, soft-spoken word ... the familiar step of friendship ... all of this is his life and it is good. He brings fair judgment to sterner things. He is proud in the traditions of his country, in ways that are settled and true. In a trying world darkened by hate and misunderstanding, he is a symbol of those virtues in which men find gallant faith and of the good men might distill from life. Here he stands, then. In the finest sense, an epicure ... a patriot ... a man. Gentlemen, I give you, the Kentucky Colonel.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Pakistani_Philanthropist_with_Kentucky_Colonel_Commission_Certificate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/A_Pakistani_Philanthropist_with_Kentucky_Colonel_Commission_Certificate.jpg/220px-A_Pakistani_Philanthropist_with_Kentucky_Colonel_Commission_Certificate.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/A_Pakistani_Philanthropist_with_Kentucky_Colonel_Commission_Certificate.jpg/330px-A_Pakistani_Philanthropist_with_Kentucky_Colonel_Commission_Certificate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/A_Pakistani_Philanthropist_with_Kentucky_Colonel_Commission_Certificate.jpg/440px-A_Pakistani_Philanthropist_with_Kentucky_Colonel_Commission_Certificate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2880" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>A Pakistani laureate poses with his 2020 Kentucky Colonel Certificate received from <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">Governor of Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Involvement_in_the_Nomination_Process">Involvement in the Nomination Process</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Involvement in the Nomination Process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, Governor <a href="/wiki/Matt_Bevin" title="Matt Bevin">Matt Bevin</a> briefly suspended the program to conduct a review of the requirements for receiving the title and then changed the nomination process so that "only active members of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels" were allowed to make recommendations for the honor.<sup id="cite_ref-ChangesProcess_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChangesProcess-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up to that point in time, the longstanding practice had been that recommendations could be submitted by anyone who already was a Kentucky colonel, without any requirement for donations or membership in any particular organization.<sup id="cite_ref-ChangesProcess_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChangesProcess-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nomination process was changed under Governor <a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a>. Beshear had the nomination process frozen starting in December 2019. In February 2020, Governor Beshear removed the requirement that the nominators be among those previously designated as Kentucky Colonels.<sup id="cite_ref-BizFirst_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizFirst-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lawsuits">Lawsuits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lawsuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels filed a Federal lawsuit against Kentucky Colonels International in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Kentucky" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky">U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky</a> in 2020. The lawsuit alleged infringement of the registered trademark "Kentucky Colonels ®" .<sup id="cite_ref-HOKCvKCI_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOKCvKCI-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the parties settled the case with a <a href="/wiki/Permanent_injunction" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent injunction">permanent Injunction</a> prohibiting Kentucky Colonels International from using the "Kentucky Colonels ®" trademark.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels opened a new lawsuit against Kentucky Colonels International for "one count of <a href="/wiki/Civil_contempt" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil contempt">civil contempt</a>, four counts of various federal trademark infringement, one count <a href="/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act">anticybersquatting</a>, and three counts of various common law <a href="/wiki/Trademark_infringement" title="Trademark infringement">trademark infringement</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2023 the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels won their lawsuit. David J. Wright and his organization Kentucky Colonels International were held in contempt of the Permanent Injunction and ordered to pay legal fees of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kentucky_colonel_culture">Kentucky colonel culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kentucky colonel culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting around 1889, culture began incorporating the idea of the Kentucky Colonel as the name or part of the name of bars, beer, <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey" title="Bourbon whiskey">bourbon</a>, barbecue, <a href="/wiki/Burgoo" title="Burgoo">burgoo</a>, clubs, hotels, food, liquor stores, plants, restaurants, social venues, sports teams, tobacco products and even a political lobby. The Kentucky Colonel has always been most notorious for drinking bourbon, making moonshine liquor, storytelling and dueling over their honor<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starting in the 19th century. Likewise the Kentucky colonel has been portrayed in a number of films, cartoons, movies, books and featured in newspapers since as early as the 1850s.<sup id="cite_ref-DJW_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DJW-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Those who have received a Kentucky colonelcy commission have often used the title, idea or the image of the concept of the idealistic Kentucky Colonel to promote art, business, events, music, places and recreational activities while simultaneously promoting the state's customs and traditions, resulting in the honor becoming a well-recognized trademark of Kentucky's culture. As it was explained by the defense in the U.S. District Court in 2020, "the idea and image of the Kentucky Colonel and Kentucky colonels is inextricably intertwined with the state".<sup id="cite_ref-HOKCvKCI_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOKCvKCI-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples of the concept of the Kentucky Colonel being used to promote a product or idea include: </p> <ul><li>Colonel G.W. Gist built the first modern hotel in <a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>, called the Kentucky Colonel Hotel, in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Winn" title="Matt Winn">Col. Matt Winn</a> was present at the first race at <a href="/wiki/Churchill_Downs" title="Churchill Downs">Churchill Downs</a> in 1875 and helped to turn it into the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby">Kentucky Derby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 1960s <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> band <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Colonels (band)">Kentucky Colonels</a> included <a href="/wiki/Clarence_White" title="Clarence White">Clarence White</a> (later with <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">The Byrds</a>).</li> <li>A wide range of memorabilia has been created for sale or recognition including by the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.</li> <li>A number of sports teams in Kentucky, have been known as the Kentucky Colonels including the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> professional basketball team of 1967–1976, the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels_(ABA_2000)" title="Kentucky Colonels (ABA 2000)">Kentucky Colonels</a> professional basketball team of 2004, and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Colonels" title="Eastern Kentucky Colonels">Eastern Kentucky Colonels</a> athletic teams of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_University" title="Eastern Kentucky University">Eastern Kentucky University</a>. The athletic teams from <a href="/wiki/Centre_College" title="Centre College">Centre College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville</a> are also known as the Colonels.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_Sanders" title="Colonel Sanders">Harland David Sanders</a> (1890 – 1980) used his title of "Colonel" and his own personal determination to make himself and Kentucky world-famous for fried chicken. From a gas station in <a href="/wiki/Corbin,_Kentucky" title="Corbin, Kentucky">Corbin, Kentucky</a>, Colonel Sanders (as he became known) started the fast food franchise <a href="/wiki/KFC" title="KFC">Kentucky Fried Chicken</a>, known today as KFC. He became so well known, both nationally and internationally, that he was often referred to simply as "The Colonel", which is also the title of a book that was written about his life.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bourbon_whiskey">Bourbon whiskey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bourbon whiskey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kentucky colonel title in business marketing is seen in the ongoing historic association between Kentucky and <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey" title="Bourbon whiskey">bourbon whiskey</a> production. As of 2013, approximately 95 percent of all bourbon was produced in Kentucky, and the state had 4.9 million barrels of bourbon in the process of aging.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The historic distiller James B. Beam is referred to as "Colonel James B. Beam" for the marketing of the <a href="/wiki/Jim_Beam" title="Jim Beam">Jim Beam</a> brand (the largest-selling brand of bourbon).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Sazerac_Company" title="Sazerac Company">Sazerac Company</a> similarly refers to the distiller Albert Blanton as "Colonel Blanton" for their marketing of the <a href="/wiki/Blanton%27s" title="Blanton's">Blanton's</a> brand. In both cases, the "Colonel" title refers to being a Kentucky colonel. A brand of Kentucky bourbon called Kentucky Colonel was produced in the 1980s,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at least two current brands of Kentucky bourbon have the word "Colonel" in their name, the <a href="/wiki/E._H._Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="E. H. Taylor">Colonel E. H. Taylor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barton_Brands" title="Barton Brands">Colonel Lee</a> bourbon brands. In 2020 the Neeley Family Distillery (a craft bourbon distiller) in <a href="/wiki/Sparta,_Kentucky" title="Sparta, Kentucky">Sparta, Kentucky</a> filed for the trademark "Old Kentucky Colonel" to bring back the original Kentucky Colonel brand.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kentucky_colonel_nominations">Kentucky colonel nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Kentucky colonel nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each governor decides the selection process and number of colonelcies that are issued. The process has previously required a nomination from another colonel or direct recognition by the governor but, under the process established by Governor <a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a>, nominations and recommendations for other people can be submitted by both Kentucky colonels and members of the general public by completing an online form.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Colonel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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