Sgt. Don J. Jenkins was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his many
acts of heroism in service to his country during the Viet Nam War. Don is a native
and life long resident of Butler County.

2006 Veterans of
the Year
2006 - Veterans of the Year
honored by the Green River Chapter include six (6) World War II
Veterans. Our veterans were Mr. Denzil Embry, Mr.
James Flowers, Mr. Cooper McCoy, Mr. Sam Givens,
Mr. Otis Kessinger, and Mr. Elmer Embry, who has since passed
away. As a part of our patriotic endeavor we honored our
veterans at a reception held after the Veterans Day Parade. We
presented them with brass plaques and Smith Funeral Home gave them
large framed collages of World War II with their photographs
inserted in the picture. Our Veteran Committee delivered fruit
baskets to them at home before Christmas. We also took gifts
to the veterans and veteran widows at the local nursing home, 18 in
all. We asked all of our members to send Christmas cards to our six
veterans during the holidays.
2007 Veterans
of the Year
2007 - Veterans of the Year
honored by the Green River Chapter again included World War II
Veterans. We chose seven (7) to honor this year. Our
veterans were Mr. James Ezra Rogers, Mr. Glendon Eugene Warren,
Mr. Leonard Thomas Porter, Mr. Thomas Lige Jackson, Mr. Lenn James
Smith, Mr. Forrest Stovall and Mr. Julian Moore. Again, we
held a reception after the Veterans Day Parade and presented them
with brass plaques and Smith Funeral Home gave them large framed
prints with their photographs inserted in the picture.
We invited the State Veteran's
Chairman, Marjorie Shelton, and Capt. Helen Evans, 2007 National
Vice-Chairman of the Veteran's Oral History project, as our guests.
Each brought greetings from the KSDAR and Miss Evans spoke on the
importance of the Oral History project. They rode in the
veterans parade.
Doloris McKinney, Veteran
Committee Chairman, and her committee, Mary Elder, Sheila Hunt, and
Christine Coleman, delivered fruit baskets to our honorees at their
homes before Christmas. They also took gifts to the 19
veterans and widows at the local nursing home. We asked all of
our members to send Christmas cards to our seven new honorees, the
2006 honorees, and the widow of the one who is now deceased.
During the 2007 Memorial Day
program on the Courthouse Lawn, the Green River Chapter was asked to
take the lead and chair the program. We coordinated the
program in cooperation with the Butler County Chapter and all of the
local veterans' organizations. We sent personal invitations to
our 2006 honorees and prepared the invitations for all other
honorees that had been named for all of the other organizations. We
had a huge crowd for the ceremony.

Chapter History & Recent
Highlights
Green River Chapter NSDAR makes history
By Christine Porter Coleman
On Saturday, October 7, 2006, at the hour of 9:00 a.m., people
from far and near came to celebrate the organization and founding of
the new Green River Chapter, National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution, of Aberdeen, KY. Eighty-seven women became organizing
members of the new chapter. The commons area of Butler County High
School was the staging area.
Christine Porter Coleman had petitioned the National Society to
become Organizing Regent for the new chapter and was appointed for
that purpose on April 7, 2006.
At the June 26 meeting of the National Board of Management, the
name "Green River Chapter" was approved but they could not use nor
publish the name until the confirmation day on October 7.
Following several months of recruitment, Saturday, October 7, was
the day appointed by the National Society for the confirmation to
take place. During the meeting and surrounded by happy members and
friends, Mrs. Coleman placed a call to Glenna Acord in the
Organizing Secretary General’s Office of the National Society for
the purpose of finding out if the National Board of Management had
confirmed the chapter. After the news was given that the Green River
Chapter had been confirmed, the officers were sworn in by Claire H.
Long, Honorary State Regent from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
At that same time Mrs. Long gave the history of the organization
entitled, "The DAR Story." She also gave a very informative talk
about the DAR Insignia, what it represented, how to wear it, and its
importance to a DAR member.
Other chapter members participating in the program included Mary
Elder, Chaplain, who gave the invocation and benediction; Melanie
Hunt, Flag Chairman, who led the pledge of allegiance to the Flag of
the United States of America; Lynda Knight, Recording Secretary, led
the American’s Creed; Maxine Minton, Registrar, read the names of the
87 members; and Vickie Stovall, First Vice Regent, read the history of
the Green River that she and her husband Mike Stovall had written
for the purpose of submission to the National Society along with the
petition to name the chapter.
Mr. Michael Elmore, BCHS Principal, welcomed the new chapter and
guests and offered his assistance throughout the day. He gave an
update of the progress being made at BCHS under his watch.
A color guard was provided by the JROTC of Butler County High
School.
The newly formed Green River Chapter Chorus was directed and
accompanied on piano by Betty Brown, Chorus Director. They performed
"The Star Spangled Banner," "Heal Our Land," and "Song for the
Nations."
Following the introduction of local dignitaries, DAR members from
around Kentucky, friends, and guests, Regent Coleman thanked everyone
in attendance, especially the officers and members of the Green
River Chapter.
Alice Warner, of Greenbelt, Maryland, attending college in
Cleveland, Ohio, drove all night to get there and the Hatfield
sisters, Elaine Powell and Susan Green, drove from Orlando, Florida,
and Alpharetta, Georgia, to be present for this very historic moment.
Coleman especially thanked Maxine Minton, Registrar, for all of
her hard work in completing the genealogy and application papers
necessary for members to be verified and approved. Mr. Hurdel Minton
presented a check for $100.00 as a donation to the new chapter in
honor of his wife Maxine Minton.
A memorial tribute was set up on the speaker’s table to honor
prospective member Mrs. Opal Amos, who had just passed away. She was
the sister of Mr. Hurdel Minton.
Following adjournment, Regent Coleman invited everyone present to
remain and enjoy the brunch that had been provided by the chapter
members.
The Green River Chapter NSDAR is still recruiting charter members
and you may call toll free 888-526-4604 or 800-441-4786. Membership
is open to any woman 18 and over who can prove lineal descent from a
patriot or soldier who served in the American Revolution. The three
main objectives of the National Society are to promote education,
historic preservation and patriotism. The NSDAR motto is God, Home,
and Country.
On December 9, four additional members were verified and approved
for membership in the Green River Chapter, making a total of 91.
At the time of the American Revolutionary War, the Green River
was a fresh, pristine waterway to the west. Within three years an
act of the Virginia General Assembly would reserve all of the land
between the Green and the Tennessee Rivers for their officers and
soldiers of the Virginia Line or Continental and State Armies. Just
as the Green River led our ancestors into a new beginning, we would
like the name to lead our new DAR Chapter in a new beginning.
The river that was a highway for our ancestors serves as a
highway for us and always will be a highway for our future
generations. So, too, we hope this chapter established on the
patriotism of our grandfathers will be here for children of our
future.
Butler County is uniquely situated on the Green River because it
is divided almost equally in half. The larger communities in Butler
County were all situated on the river: Rochester, Woodbury,
Reedyville, Logansport, Mining City, Morgantown, and of course,
Aberdeen.
Green River arises from a spring on land near Hall’s Gap in
Lincoln County. According to the U. S. Corps of Engineers, it is the
longest river to flow completely within the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. It flows westward, then northwesterly some 370 miles to
empty into the Ohio River. During this run through thirty-one
counties, the Green and its tributaries drain over 9,200 square
miles of Kentucky, nearly one-fourth of the Commonwealth’s total
area. As you see, it has touched many lives through those miles.
When you look at our ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War,
they too have touched many lives.
There are basically three distinct but different lives of Green
River. Just below the banks, farmlands, and riverbed is a labyrinth
of caves and sinkholes. The beauty beneath in these caves is
unparalleled with flora and fauna, sightless crayfish, troglobites,
and rare endangered species like the gray bat. Mammoth Cave is one
of the modern "wonders of the world" and the Green River is the
lifeblood of this cave system.
Our ancestors are the lifeblood of our families. We are the
lifeblood of our future and someday we will be another link in a
family line that has reached back into time.
The second life of the river is the part we see, smell, and feel,
with some being beneath its surface. The Green River is a colorful
world of aquatic diversity. There are nearly 151 species of fish -
more than in all of Europe - and 71 species of mussels. Green River
is listed by the Nature Conservancy as the fourth most biologically
diverse river in the world. We see our chapter as being composed of
many people that are colorful and diverse hoping to preserve
memories of our forefathers.
Finally, as we sit on the banks of Green River, we see that it
meanders between mossy rock banks, tangles of sycamore, river birch,
and box elders. Vines of the Virginia creeper hang close to the
water, further deepening the green hue. Beautiful wild flowers,
southern maidenhair fern, spreading foxglove, and Eggertt’s sunflower
dot the riverbanks. It is ever changing just like the future of this
chapter.
The river is full of stories to be told. Our ancestors have
stories that we need to tell. These stories need to be protected for
the future by the Green River DAR so they will always be there just
like the Green River.