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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJW3_elvis-presleys-childhood-church_Tupelo-MS.html
Attend a Pentecostal church service where Elvis first fell in love with gospel music. Elvis Presley Birthplace presents a unique experience in the First Assembly of God Church where Elvis and his family regularly attended service. This structur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR3_shake-rag-community_Tupelo-MS.html
From 1943~47, Elvis' father, Vernon, worked for L.P. McCarty & Son's local wholesale grocery company making deliveries to various parts of the City. Shake Rag, a historically black community, was one of his delivery areas. It was here that Elvis w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR2_shake-rag_Tupelo-MS.html
Marker Front:Shake Rag, located east of the old M & O (later GM & O) railway tracks and extending northward from Main Street, was one of several historic African American communities in Tupelo. By the 1920s blues and jazz flowed freely from perfor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59H_battle-of-brices-cross-roads_Richmond-Hill-MS.html
When General Sherman advanced on Atlanta, General Forrest sought to destroy the Union supply line between Nashville and Chattanooga. He had nearly reached the Tennessee River when he had to turn back to meet a Union force marching southeast from M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43P_battle-of-tupelo_Tupelo-MS.html
In the summer of 1864, General Forrest's hard hitting troops in Northern Mississippi threatened the supplies of General Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. Therefore, General A.J.Smith marched 14,000 Union troops against Forrest. He reached Tupelo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B9_battle-of-tupelo_Tupelo-MS.html
In MemoryOf The Men Of TheFederal AndThe ConfederateArmieswho took part in the Battle of Tupeloor HarrisburgJuly 14-15,1864.Which resulted ina victory for theFederal Forces underMajor GeneralAndrew J. Smith
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B8_general-sturgis-supreme-effort_New-Paltz-MS.html
To HoldThe CrossroadsPlacing th 93rd Illinois,8th Illinois and 114th Illinois Infantry here andimmediately behind, heplaced his artilleryconsisting of Battery B of 2nd Illinois; 7th Wisconsin Battery; 14th Indiana Battery;Battery E of 1st Illinois…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ED_birthplace-of-elvis-presley_Tupelo-MS.html
Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in this house built by his father. Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined American popular music. He died on Aug. 16, 1977, at Memphis, Tennessee.
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