"In 1939, the President General, Mrs. Henry M. Robert, chose the Penny Pine program as one of her Golden Jubilee National Projects. Each state was to have a memorial forest, beginning in 1939 and culminating in 1941 on the NSDAR 50th Anniversary. Each chapter across the country was to pledge, at the very least, one acre of pine seedlings. Five dollars an acre at a penny each equaled 500 trees. The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), under the supervision of the U.S. Forestry [sic] Service, would do the actual work of planting and care."
The Forest was dedicated on October 11, 1940 by State Regent Mrs. Frederick A. Wallis with the placement of a bronze marker. Three thousand seven hundred trees, plus shrubs, perennials, and bulbs, were planted. In 2010, the forest became part of the Daniel Boone National Forest and is managed by the United States Forest Service.
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"Kentucky DAR Forest Marker Restored
A rededication ceremony was held May 29, 2010, to recognize the newly restored marker at the Kentucky DAR Memo- rial Forest in Rowan County, Ky. State Regent Sharon Withers (2007-2010). then-State Regent-Elect Jessie Anne Wells, State Chaplain Madeline Moore- Smith, State Corresponding Secretary Donna Hughes, State Treasurer Martha King and State Conservation Chairman Betsy Kuster conducted the ceremony and unveiled the plaque to an enthusiastic audience of Daughters, S.A.R. members, C.A.R. members and guests.
The Kentucky DAR Memorial Forest, located just off Cranston Road 5 1/2 miles from Morehead, Ky., was first dedicated on October II, 1940, by State Regent Mrs. Frederick Wallis as part of a nationwide forest planting to honor the Golden Jubilee of NSDAR. Kentucky planted 3,700 pine trees, plus shrubs, bulbs and perennials at the site, then part of the Cumberland National Forest and now the Daniel Boone National Forest. A bronze tablet marker was set on a moss-
covered boulder at the site. Forest service maps refer to this area as the DAR Plantation.
The marker was located in response to National Conservation Chairman Liz Hotchkiss' effort to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the forming of the DAR Conservation Commit- tee. The weathered tablet was refurbished to its original patina."
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