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 could touch these pieces. This gold pendant with the word ELVIS was the centerpiece of an aloha necklace, given to him by the Kui Cancer Fund for his historical Aloha from Hawaii satellite world concert seen by 1.3 billion.
I've of course posted on Elvis many times. Here is an earlier one:
Tonight it was TCM. Started with Elvis, That's the Way It Is. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 91/92. He made this triumphant return to the concert stage in almost a decade. After a few minutes, it hit me. My wife and I were there. This was then the International Hotel in Las Vegas. I remember slipping a $20 bill on check-in and we were taken to one of those long tables right next to the stage in the middle. I recall that white suit, his kissing women, walking around the audience, Sammy Davis Jr. in the audience, backed up by the Imperials and Sweet Inspirations. This was August of 1970. Watch this documentary, you might see me.
There are various versions of this concert. This was the new version, released in 2001 and made a debut on Turner Classic Movies, now TCM.
Why was President Trump in Memphis? Mainly to tout the fine work of the Memphis Safe Task Force. Trump brought with him Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. Last year, 2024 FBI data indicated that Memphis was the most dangefous city in the USA. So a Trump team was sent to this city, and crime dropped by 70%, or something like that. Many doubt that Trump had much to do with what happened. The city mayor Paul Young did not even show up for the roundtable.
Why are we in Memphis? A two-night stopover to begin our Mississippi River cruise down to New Orleans.
Comments
Post a Comment