{"id":275500,"date":"2026-08-31T00:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275500\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T00:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:46:11","slug":"state-lawmaker-proposes-making-sept-25-dolly-parton-day-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275500\/","title":{"rendered":"State lawmaker proposes making Sept. 25 \u2018Dolly Parton Day\u2019 in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to honor country music legend Dolly Parton with a holiday of her own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/photos-remembering\/SS2AL2F6KNAQ5ATJOLIJ3EGTKM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/photos-remembering\/SS2AL2F6KNAQ5ATJOLIJ3EGTKM\/\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt; Photos: Remembering Dolly Parton &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">State Rep. Ben Waxman (D-District 182) is seeking co-sponsors for legislation that would recognize Sept. 25 as \u201cDolly Parton Day\u201d in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In a memo, Waxman praises Parton for her music career and philanthropy, including her Imagination Library, which gave thousands of Pennsylvania children access to books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/dolly-partons-legacy-includes-positive-impact-young-pittsburgh-readers\/FHJ2E5BM7NEPXFELPKUNV6W4QE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/dolly-partons-legacy-includes-positive-impact-young-pittsburgh-readers\/FHJ2E5BM7NEPXFELPKUNV6W4QE\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dolly Parton\u2019s legacy includes a positive impact on young Pittsburgh readers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cTo recognize all that Dolly Parton stood for, I will be introducing a resolution to recognize September 25, 2026 (9\/25) as \u2018Dolly Parton Day\u2019 in Pennsylvania,\u201d Waxman\u2019s memo reads. \u201cPlease join me in acknowledging the impact Dolly Parton\u2019s music and life had on people throughout Pennsylvania and the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Parton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/dolly-parton-dies-80\/43QWGFTTZBBY5NPP5QHWDLSUVE\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/dolly-parton-dies-80\/43QWGFTTZBBY5NPP5QHWDLSUVE\/\">died at the age of 80<\/a> Aug. 25 following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/dolly-parton-died-after-brief-battle-with-cancer-family-confirms\/6WSYDEZO3RBHXN6JRLSTKYQUKY\/?outputType=amp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/dolly-parton-died-after-brief-battle-with-cancer-family-confirms\/6WSYDEZO3RBHXN6JRLSTKYQUKY\/?outputType=amp\">brief battle with cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to honor country music legend Dolly Parton with a holiday of her own. &gt;&gt;&gt;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8982,115635,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-275500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-actor","tag-dolly-partons-life-and-career-as-a-country-music-icon","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}