February 2019: Tupelo, Mississippi

The 2-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi where Elvis was born.

February 16, 2019. The day after a harrowing drive into Memphis during a thunderstorm, I opted to go to Tupelo, Mississippi, about a hundred miles southeast of Memphis. Since I missed Graceland, I wanted to see Elvis’s birthplace. I found the experience surprisingly moving.


 

The “Becoming” sculpture on a hill behind the two-room house.