The big-hearted “Queen of Country” managed to transcend cultural, political, geographic and generational fissures.Dolly Parton on the set of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago on May 15, 1991.Paul Natkin / Getty Images fileAug. 25, 2026, 6:06 PM EDTThe roughly 342 million people who live in the United States don’t seem to agree on much these days. But on at least one subject, large swaths of the country agree: Dolly Parton was a national treasure.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.