{"id":337023,"date":"2026-09-03T12:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337023\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:38:13","slug":"manhattan-declares-dolly-parton-appreciation-day-for-sept-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337023\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan declares Dolly Parton Appreciation Day for Sept. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city is celebrating Dolly Parton and her legacy in \u201c9 to 5\u201d style.<\/p>\n

Sept. 25 will be Dolly Parton Appreciation Day across Manhattan, Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal proclaimed Wednesday.<\/p>\n

News of the late musician\u2019s death struck<\/a> New Yorkers. Parton garnered a reputation as an LGBTQ+ rights icon and champion of child literacy. She also contributed funding to research that helped develop Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

Although Parton was not a permanent New York resident, the MTA had previously used her likeness on limited-edition MetroCards and lookalike contests were common fixtures at some local establishments.<\/p>\n

Manhattan\u2019s designation comes after the Empire State Building sparkled<\/a> in pink last week and bars and clubs held tributes in her honor over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Even the mayor weighed in on the news, calling her death \u201ctruly heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her,\u201d Mayor Zohran Mamdani said last week.<\/p>\n

Hoylman-Sigal said his proclamation celebrates Parton’s \u201cextraordinary life, legacy and lasting contributions.”<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of 1.6 million Manhattanites, I\u2019m proud to proclaim Sept. 25, 2026 Dolly Parton Appreciation Day, in honor of her timeless contributions to music, culture and humanity,\u201d Hoylman-Sigal said Wednesday. \u201cWe will always love you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city is celebrating Dolly Parton and her legacy in \u201c9 to 5\u201d style. Sept. 25 will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-337023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}