AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Tennessee advances plan to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton
State leaders are moving to rename Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton, a move that has drawn broad public support and set up a September vote by airport officials. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Nashville International Airport announced plans to rename the state’s flagship airport after Dolly Parton, the late country music […] The post Tennessee advances plan to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton appeared first on American Almanac .
State leaders are moving to rename Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton, a move that has drawn broad public support and set up a September vote by airport officials. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Nashville International Airport announced plans to rename the state’s flagship airport after Dolly Parton, the late country music icon, in a news release this week. The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority will take up the proposal at its meeting scheduled for September 17. Gov. Lee described the renaming as “a lasting tribute to her indelible legacy and the generations of people she inspired across Tennessee and around the world.” Parton, who passed away at age 80 earlier this week, remains a towering figure in…Open