{"id":275582,"date":"2026-08-31T05:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275582\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:10:09","slug":"state-lawmaker-proposes-making-sept-25-dolly-parton-day-in-pennsylvania-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275582\/","title":{"rendered":"State lawmaker proposes making Sept. 25 \u2018Dolly Parton Day\u2019 in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to honor country music legend Dolly Parton with a holiday of her own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:&gt;&gt;&gt; Photos: Remembering Dolly Parton &lt;&lt;&lt;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/photos-remembering\/SS2AL2F6KNAQ5ATJOLIJ3EGTKM\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt; Photos: Remembering Dolly Parton &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">State Rep. Ben Waxman (D-District 182) is seeking co-sponsors for legislation that would recognize Sept. 25 as &#8220;Dolly Parton Day&#8221; in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt;<a data-ylk=\"slk:Dolly Parton&#039;s legacy includes a positive impact on young Pittsburgh readers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/dolly-partons-legacy-includes-positive-impact-young-pittsburgh-readers\/FHJ2E5BM7NEPXFELPKUNV6W4QE\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dolly Parton&#8217;s legacy includes a positive impact on young Pittsburgh readers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;To recognize all that Dolly Parton stood for, I will be introducing a resolution to recognize September 25, 2026 (9\/25) as &#8216;Dolly Parton Day&#8217; in Pennsylvania,&#8221; Waxman&#8217;s memo reads. &#8220;Please join me in acknowledging the impact Dolly Parton&#8217;s music and life had on people throughout Pennsylvania and the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Parton <a data-ylk=\"slk:died at the age of 80;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/dolly-parton-dies-80\/43QWGFTTZBBY5NPP5QHWDLSUVE\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">died at the age of 80<\/a> Aug. 25 following a <a data-ylk=\"slk:brief battle with cancer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/dolly-parton-died-after-brief-battle-with-cancer-family-confirms\/6WSYDEZO3RBHXN6JRLSTKYQUKY\/?outputType=amp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">brief battle with cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/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":275583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[115662,96890,115661,114586,28,30,29,65276],"class_list":["post-275582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-charles-sykes","tag-dolly-parton","tag-dolly-partons","tag-parton","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-waxman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275582","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=275582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}