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Graceland to be designated national landmark
Sorry but I say, "Fuck Elvis". I have never been a fan and he was a drug addict. I know that he has influence countless acts but I really don't have
any respect for him. Never really have. I also think his music is shitty.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11997937/
MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Elvis fans already consider Graceland a national treasure.
Interior Secretary Gale Norton will arrive in Memphis on Monday for ceremonies to make the designation official.
The home of Elvis Presley, which hosts more than 600,000 tourists a year, will join the Alamo, Pearl Harbor, the White House and Mt. Vernon as a
National Historic Landmark.
Graceland, bought by Elvis in 1957 for $103,000 with earnings from his first hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," will be one of about 2,500 national
landmarks.
The Interior Department calls these "exceptional" places on its Web page. "They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many
historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans ? these we call our National Historic Landmarks."
"Graceland is so famous it is arguable that on a worldwide basis it is the second most famous home in America," said Elvis Presley Enterprises chief
executive officer Jack Soden.
"You go to the far corners of the Earth, and they don't really know what Mt. Vernon or Monticello or Hearst Castle are, but they know what Graceland
is. It is kind of in a class of its own."
Graceland has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991.
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I'm behind this. I think more of Rock 'N Roll history should be given a place in our national history. I'm not the biggest fan of Elvis, although I do
like his early records, but he marks a HUGE turning point culturslly for most of the world. Whether everybody loves everything he ever did or if he
fucked up his life, he should still be noted for what he symbolizes.
Veritas odium parit
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gavin
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i like elvis
i dont care that he was on the drugs
everyone was back then
i dont know about graceland being some landmark though
ahhh whatever
you come at the king....you best not miss
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elvis is cool in my book
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I dont agree with this. Graceland will already always be there because it makes TONS of money for the Presley estate. If the government declairs it a
landmark then that means that it could be entitled for assistance from government funds or even bigger tax breaks. Its not like there was a worry that
graceland was going to be knocked down or something and needed to be protected.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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