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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJW5_elvis-presley-and-the-blues_Tupelo-MS.html
Marker Front:Elvis Presley revolutionized popular music by blending the blues he first heard as a youth in Tupelo with country, pop, and gospel.Many of the first songs Elvis recorded for the Sun label in Memphis were covers of earlier blues record…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJW3_elvis-presleys-childhood-church_Tupelo-MS.html
Attend a Pentecostal church service where Elvis first fell in love with gospel music.
Elvis Presley Birthplace presents a unique experience in the First Assembly of God Church where Elvis and his family regularly attended service. This structur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR3_shake-rag-community_Tupelo-MS.html
From 1943~47, Elvis' father, Vernon, worked for L.P. McCarty & Son's local wholesale grocery company making deliveries to various parts of the City. Shake Rag, a historically black community, was one of his delivery areas. It was here that Elvis w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR2_shake-rag_Tupelo-MS.html
Marker Front:Shake Rag, located east of the old M & O (later GM & O) railway tracks and extending northward from Main Street, was one of several historic African American communities in Tupelo. By the 1920s blues and jazz flowed freely from perfor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43P_battle-of-tupelo_Tupelo-MS.html
In the summer of 1864, General Forrest's hard hitting troops in Northern Mississippi threatened the supplies of General Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. Therefore, General A.J.Smith marched 14,000 Union troops against Forrest. He reached Tupelo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B9_battle-of-tupelo_Tupelo-MS.html
In MemoryOf The Men Of TheFederal AndThe ConfederateArmieswho took part in the Battle of Tupeloor HarrisburgJuly 14-15,1864.Which resulted ina victory for theFederal Forces underMajor GeneralAndrew J. Smith
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ED_birthplace-of-elvis-presley_Tupelo-MS.html
Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in this house built by his father. Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined American popular music. He died on Aug. 16, 1977, at Memphis, Tennessee.