Dolly Parton’s Legacy in Kansas | Topeka News

Topeka News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 26, 2026 · 1m

Kansas celebrates Dolly Parton’s enduring legacy with a statewide “Dolly Parton Day,” honoring her groundbreaking Imagination Library program that’s gifted books to kids since 1995. The state, second to embrace the initiative, hosted a special event in Overland Park where Governor Laura Kelly presented Dolly with a commemorative copper sunflower and a proclamation. Dolly thrilled the crowd with classics like “Coat of Many Colors,” dedicating it to Kansas moms—a moving tribute to her own childhood and the power of love. Her deep roots in Kansas stretch back decades, with performances in Topeka…