Who is Colonel Sanders?
The man recognized worldwide as Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), was actually born Harland David Sanders in Henryville, Indiana in 1890. Colonel Sanders dropped out of school at a young age and worked a number of odd jobs, few of which involved cooking fried chicken. It wasn’t until Sanders became 40 years old that word of his exceptionally good fried chicken even got out locally. Colonel Sanders began selling fried chicken out of his service station, then eventually from a modest restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. The “Colonel” in Colonel Sanders’s nickname is an honorary title bestowed on prominent Kentucky citizens. The real Harland Sanders only reached the rank of private during his actual military service. Sanders apparently enjoyed the prestige and respect generated by his “Kentucky Colonel” status, and fashioned an entire public persona around it, including a pure white suit and an Old Southern gentleman bearing. The grandfatherly image of Colonel Sande
He’s KFC (Kentuky Fried Chicken)’s mascot. He may also represent the founder, but I’m not sure whether he existed. Yes, he existed, Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980), was an American entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). His image is omnipresent in the chain’s advertising and packaging, and his name is sometimes used as a synonym for the KFC product or restaurant itself. There is a page about him on Wikipedia. [|http://en.wikipedia.
