Took two shuttles from our Graceland hotel to the Graceland Mansion, where Elvis lived with his family. Here is a long video of the tour i found on You Tube, and a shorter one. My version will be a few spotty photos and a short video, Here is Wikipedia' s description. Graceland Farms was originally owned by Stephen Toof, founder of the oldest commercial printing firm in Memphis, and named the site after his daughter, Grace. She inherited the property from her father in 1894. She passed away, and niece Ruth Moore inherited the property. Moore built the 10,266 square foot mansion in 1939. Elvis in 1956 purchased a Memphis $40,000 home for his family in 1956. Here with his parents. Caught fire in 2017. When his fame increased, he gave his parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley (the two restaurants at Graceland are called Vernon and Gladys), $100,000 to find a farmouse-like property with a lot of buffer space so as not to irritate his neighb...
President Donald Trump was in Memphis earlier this week, so he visited Graceland . He signed a replica of a guitar Elvis used, which shows a special sticker that links back to Hawaii and a kendo dojo. We arrived at the Graceland Guest House yesterday, and will stay two nights. But first, how we got here and our a special tour that normal tourists don't get. Denver is the main and fastest growing hub of United Airlines. The United Club, though, did not serve much of a breakfast to my liking. On the flight. I've never seen this before on any flight, but, soon after our flight left the gate, the flight attendants began to serive champagned in the first class section. Try drinking champagne while taking off!!! Then later. Got to Memphis, and were picked up by our Graceland hotel shuttle. There was a reception for cruise passengers staying there, followed by a special tour of Elvis' personnel stuff.. We all wore special gloves so we...