08/26/2026
Our Flag is at half-staff until Tuesday September 1, to honor and remember country music legend Dolly Parton.
Tennessee native Dolly Parton came to fame as a star in country music whose career spanned seven decades, including dozens of top ten hits and memorable performances in movies, like 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias. She published her memoir, “Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business,” in 1994. Parton was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
In 1995, she began the Imagination Library, a book gifting program that mailed free, high-quality books to children 0-5 years old. Created as a tribute to her father, the program has distributed more than 300 million books, and it has been launched in multiple countries. In her own words, Parton’s mission in life was inspiring kids to love to read and she worked to make sure that all children would grow up in a home full of books.
