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Elvis Photo Gallery
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Elvis (second row from the top far right)
at Primary School in Tupelo
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Elvis backstage in his blue velvet shirt
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Elvis kissed the girls and
made them cry |
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September 26 1956 was declared Elvis
Presley Day in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Elvis homecoming performed two show at
the Tupelo, Alabama Fair and Dairy
Show in a hand-sewn blue velvet shirt
which his mother had made

Elvis was
presented with a guitar-shaped key to
the city by Gov J C Coleman
Before a crowd of 3 thousand screaming
teenagers Elvis' triumphant homecoming
resulted in pandemonium. Fans screamed
and fainted and were carried out
on stretchers. Elvis donated $10,000
to charity.

Gladys and Vernon Presley were in the
audience and could not believe what
was happening. At
his first homecoming concert Elvis
wore a hand-made shirt a year later
he returned to perform in a
gold lame jacket.
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