Saturday Evening Post – Elvis Would Be Turning 90 This Year. Here’s What It’s Like to Visit His Boyhood Home
Reminders of Elvis’s life and music are everywhere, even 47 years after his death. From hearing one of his many hits on the radio to playfully mumbling “Thank you very much” in imitation of The King of Rock and Roll’s distinctive drawl to watching a seemingly never-ending stream of movies about his life, Elvis is gone but not forgotten.
But there’s no place he’s remembered so well as the city of his birth: Tupelo, Mississippi.
Although other cities claim Elvis’s history — namely Memphis, where his iconic home, Graceland, still stands — Tupelo tells a more innocent story of a young boy who sang in a country gospel church and bought his first guitar down at the local hardware store. If Elvis were alive today, he’d be getting ready to celebrate his 90th birthday on January 8, 2025. While no one knows what turning 90 would have looked like for Elvis, one thing’s sure: Tupelo is ready to celebrate the birth of her favorite son.
