Graceland
Museum
BBC Radio 2 commemorates Elvis's 75th birthday with a series of insightful documentaries...offers a personal insight, before Suzi makes the long-awaited and highly emotional visit to Graceland itself. Suzi comments: "To finally be going to Graceland after all these years ... wow what a journey. It was ... very, very emotional. I... In this article: Elvis Presley, Suzi Quatro, BBC Radio 2, Rob Brydon, Paul Gambaccini, Graceland, Memphis, and Baptist |
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Sunday Mirror | 5 days ago
Our top 10 guide to the best North American touring holidays
...Museum where you can hear original tracks by Robert Johnson - the guitarist who sold his soul to the devil). Visit Elvis's home in Graceland then go on a jazz dinner cruise in New Orleans. INFO: The 14 night trip in including the cruise to...
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CBS | 7 days ago
Graceland To Have Traditional Holiday Decorations
...a life-size Nativity scene, Santa and his sleigh and other holiday items originally displayed at Graceland by Elvis and his family. The interior of Graceland will also be decked in Elvis' Christmas decor for the holiday season. This includes...
In this article: Elvis Presley, All rights reserved, and Tennessee
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Business Wire Entertainment News | November 19, 2009
Graceland Shines for the Holidays with the Annual Lighting of the Presley Family's Traditional Christmas Decorations
Richard is honored to be sharing the stage at Graceland with patients from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The interior of Graceland mansion will also be decked in Elvis' Christmas decor for the holiday season. This includes his...
In this article: Elvis Presley, Graceland, Richard Marx, Memphis, and Grammy Award
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Independent.co.uk - Music | November 17, 2009
Preparations for Elvis's 75th birthday underway
So the party plans are starting with several events planned to commemorate the date, including a CD package, special concerts at Graceland in Memphis, and a Cirque du Soleil tribute show. The Elvis Presley Birthday Celebration 2010,...
In this article: Cirque du Soleil, Memphis, Tennessee, A Little Less Conversation, Hound Dog, Vincent Paterson, Forbes magazine, Madonna, and Las Vegas
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CNN | November 15, 2009
Greene: JFK and Elvis on the wall
Sincerely E.P." That's just how, while living in a house on Audubon Drive in Memphis, Tennessee, in the years before he moved to Graceland, he wrote it. "Laundry" capitalized in the middle of the sentence; a comma instead of a period after...
In this article: Elvis Presley, United States, New York, E mail, World War II, and Dallas Morning News
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washingtonpost.com | November 14, 2009
Hitting the road in search of Elvis, barbecue and Southern charm on a shoestring budget
...but I really wanted to go to Memphis. Elvis's Memphis. "I've reason to believe/We all will be received/In Graceland," Paul Simon sang. Graceland would not receive us that year because we ran out of money and time. But now, as a travel...
In this article: Elvis Presley, Memphis, Chattanooga, Tax, Okra, and Nashville
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USATODAY.com | November 12, 2009
10 great places for famous photography
...the '50s, and Elvis recorded there." Visitors can tour Beale Street blues clubs, the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel and Graceland. 888-633-9099; memphistravel.com Santa Fe "Frank experienced this vibrant city's strong...
In this article: Robert Frank, Manhattan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA Today, Frank Sinatra, San Francisco, Memphis, New Orleans, and Beignet
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Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment | November 11, 2009
Sydney's coolest bars
The Winery... design incorporates antique elements such as gilt mirrors and chandeliers as well as a homage to Elvis - the Graceland room. Sydney's best new bars range from laid-back lounges to sophisticated drinking dens. Guy Griffin...
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Independent.ie | November 09, 2009
Piece of Elvis' hair up for auction
...Gilleland is said to have begun selling strands of the hair in a souvenir shop across the street from Presley's Memphis home, Graceland. An extract from a letter by Mr Morgan confirms its authenticity. In November 2002 a wad of Elvis'...
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
Paul Farhi on pop culture: Dying not a bad career move
...being the prime example. Priscilla Presley apparently single-handedly resurrected both Elvis's estate value and his memory by turning Graceland into a shrine. While all of his life is represented, Graceland helped people to remember the...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and 13.8 acre estate that was home to Elvis Presley in Memphis. It is located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about twelve miles (19 km) from Downtown and less than four miles (6 km) north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.
Elvis Presley died at the estate on August 16, 1977. Presley, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.
- Name:
- Graceland
- Area:
- 13.588 acre
- Architect:
- Furbringer & Ehrman
- Added to NRHP:
- November 7, 1991
- NRHP Ref Number:
- 91001585
- Built:
- 1939
- Governance:
- Private
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