Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, MS on January 8, 1935. Every year Tupelo gets lots of tourists who come to remember Elvis and see where his story began. Elvis was born in a little 2-room house that had no running water or electricity. We took a little tour of the house and the grounds. We also saw the little Assembly of God Church where he first sang in the choir and the Tupelo Hardware store where his mother first purchased a guitar for him. According to the story, Elvis wanted a shotgun and his mom talked him into a guitar instead. He carried the guitar along with him all the time and sang as often as he could. He was influenced by the gospel music he heard in the little churches that are all over the South, and of course are in Tupelo. Elvis and his family lived in Tupelo for 13 years before moving to Memphis.
Mom loved the little Elvis house and she and Linda sat on the front porch swing, and, as you will see in the pictures, took a look at the "outdoor plumbing" that Elvis and his family used. No one was allowed to actually sit on the throne, but we could look from the door.
We went to the Dairy Kream in Tupelo that's been serving generous portions of ice cream for years and years. (Jo & Bob....this little place would definitely give your Creamy's a run for its money.) Dad really liked the Dairy Kream. He got a medium cup of vanilla ice cream with strawberries on the top. (The medium size cup was like a medium soft drink size....so quite large.) When Dad finished the strawberry topping he went back to the counter and asked for root beer to be placed on top of his remaining ice cream. And, he went back for a root beer refill when it was mostly gone. The Dairy Kream people were very nice....either they thought they'd be especially generous to a senior citizen...or, perhaps they are generous to anyone who might think to ask....but, they didn't charge him anything to convert his ice cream to 2 root beer floats. This really made Dad's day!
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