Graceland; Finding Graceland
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N 35° 02.783 W 090° 01.496
15S E 771368 N 3882234
Elvis Presley's home
Waymark Code: WM20NZ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2007
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Graceland is the name of the 13.8 acre estate and large white-columned mansion that once belonged to Elvis Presley, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is located south of Downtown Memphis, less than four miles north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991.
Elvis Presley, who died at the estate on August 16, 1977, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.
[edit] Graceland in pop culture
Paul Simon's 1986 song "Graceland" presents Graceland as a holy place. Movies such as "Finding Graceland" have Presley as the central character and bear spiritual messages.
The song, Walking in Memphis, by Marc Cohn, features Graceland prominently.
There are even film titles ironically alluding to Presley's estate and the Elvis cult practised there nowadays. For example, the movie 3,000 Miles to Graceland is about a group of criminals who plan to rob a casino during an international Elvis week, and to make it easier, they are all disguised as Elvis impersonators.
Movie or TV Show: Finding Graceland
Year Released or First Aired: 1,999.00
IMDB Link: [Web Link]
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