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In the King's Footsteps

It’s time to pull out those sideburns and white jumpsuits — Elvis Week is upon us. If you’re planning a pilgrimage to Graceland in the next few weeks for the 30th Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s unexpected death (August 16), here are two ways Hampton Landmarks can help.

1. Help find Elvis’ first guitar! Hampton is looking for the current whereabouts of the King’s first guitar, as part of “Lost Landmarks,” an interactive program that calls on consumers to play sleuths to help investigate some of today’s most mysterious pop-culture disappearances.

2. Check out this Drive About  below “In the King’s Footsteps” - a mapped-out road trip that guides fans from Elvis’ humble roots to his much loved malt shop to his favorite roller coaster, all on one tank of gas.

Print directions for all of these landmarks

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   Stop 1: Elvis Birthplace

   Tupelo, MS categories: Arts & Literature, Landmark Legends

   Elvis Presley was born here in this modest two-story house on January 8, 1935. The Elvis Presley Birthplace is part of the Elvis Presley Park and has been restored to the period before the singer’s family moved to Memphis.

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   Stop 2: Tupelo Hardware

   Tupelo, MS categories: Celebrities, Music, Pop Culture

   Elvis fans often consider Tupelo Hardware the second most important Presley site in Tupelo after his birthplace. It was here that Gladys Presley bought her son his very first guitar.
   The business was founded by George H Booth in 19... READ MORE

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   Stop 3: Humes High School

   Memphis, TN categories: Celebrities, Music, Pop Culture

   Elvis graduated from this high school in 1953. Today, there is a mini-Elvis museum and the school auditorium is now dedicated to him. READ MORE