March 25, 2021 - Tupulo, Mississippi - Elvis's Home Town |
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We spent the night in Tupulo which is famous for one thing: the birthplace and hometown of Elvis Presley. | ||||||
Elvis grew up in this two-room shotgun house that his father built.
The house is part of the Elvis Presley Birthplace Park. There is also a museum and the actual church Elvis attended. Nothing was open this morning, unfortunately.
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In 1948 the Presley family moved to Memphis when Elvis was 13. Did Elvis swing on this very same porch? |
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A car of the type the Presley family owned at one time.
The thing that strikes me about Elvis Presley is how young he died; he was only 42 years old. Here is a man who had it all, yet years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977. Sad.
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