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HonorElvis.com attracts
visitors and E lovers from around
the world and beyond. People
speaking English as well as 79
other languages have visited this
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Unfortunately we don’t provide
translations in that many tongues.
Happily, most people do read and
understand English. |
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This universal message is for
those who don’t, yet want to
enjoy this site: |
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Eavelay a essagemay in ouryay
ativenay anguagelay onay hetay “Dear
King” agepay hattay ouyay eednay
anay iterpretornay. Oodgay ucklay
otay ouyay. |
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Memories
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In a 1996 interview, the late Mary
Jenkins Langston, who cooked for
Elvis for 14 years in Memphis,
said, "He said that the only
thing in life he got any enjoyment
out of was eating. And he liked
his food real rich. |
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"For breakfast he'd have
homemade biscuits fried in butter,
sausage patties, four scrambled
eggs and sometimes fried bacon.
I'd bring the tray up to his room
and, he'd say, 'This is good,
Mary.' He'd have butter running
down his arms." |
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Rampant
Truth |
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You
cannot put the same shoe on every
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Publius, maxim 596 |
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Shame,
shame, Colonel |
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two years after Elvis' death ,
Colonel Parker declared,
"Elvis never drank wine, but
if he did, this is the wine he
would have ordered." It was a
Blanc D'Oro spritzy light white
wine with a 7% alcohol
content imported from Italy by
Frontenac Vineyards with a neck
band label bearing the words
"Always Elvis." It was
priced at $4 a bottle. |
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The Night E
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Yes, it is true: at Graceland one
night while Elvis was watching TV,
the image of Robert Goulet came on
the screen. Elvis grabbed a pistol
he kept on his lamp table and shot
the TV, shattering the picture
tube. It was an RCA. Afterwards,
Elvis had one of his buddies take
the TV set out to a trailer on the
grounds so Lisa Marie would not
find out about it. About a year
later, Elvis had the TV repaired
and gave it to Earl Pritchett. |
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Scene from
Dick Clark’s Bloopers Show |
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Why did Elvis shoot the TV? Did he
not like Robert Goulet? Did he
think Robert Goulet shouldn’t
have come to America from Canada?
Was he mad because Robert Goulet
had hair similar to Elvis? Had he
heard rumors that Robert Goulet
was planning to become an Elvis
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Scholars
are still studying this incident.
No conclusions have been drawn
yet. Since this event was in the
era before TV remote control
clickers, some investigators
believe Elvis might simply
have been trying to change the
channel by shooting at the dial
because he wanted to watch Dick
Clark’s Bloopers and Goofs
show.
Other
scholars are delving into the
question of how much this episode
scared Robert Goulet and how it
affected him and his career
afterward. Nobody has seen Robert
Goulet in some
time. |
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America's leaders and
heroes are remembered in
our nation's capital in
monuments and statues and
public buildings that bear
their names:
George Washington, Abraham
Lincoln, Thomas
Jefferson, Ronald
Reagan, Ulysses S. Grant,
Martin Luther King. |
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It's about time that a
statue of Elvis is erected
on the National Mall in
Washington, DC! An
ideal place would be
near the Korean War
Memorial, since Elvis
served in the Army in
that era. |
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It is outrageous that an
Elvis Monument hasn't
already been erected in
the Capital City,
especially since there are
statues there to
foreigners such as Mahatma
Gandhi; Samuel Hahnemann,
the German founder
of homeopathy
medical treatment, which
is disparaged to this day
by much of the medical
profession; and Taras
Shevchenko, a 19th century
Ukranian poet who many
historians say was an
anti-semite, Polish-hating
communist. |
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HonorElvis wants
to do something about this
travesty. But it takes the
voices and support of many
true Americans to get
things done in
Washington. So we
need your support.
If you are in favor of
having a monument to the
King in the nation's
capital, here's what you
can do:
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Post your
note of support on
the "Dear
King"
message board page
of this website. |
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Also say
what kind of
monument you'd
like. Examples
of some of
the possibilities
are shown in the
sketches and
pictures above. |
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Write and
call your U.S.
Senators and
Members of
Congress to
support the
campaign to build
a monument to
Elvis in the
nation's capital. |
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Visit
this website often
to keep up with
news of progress
in this momentous
project. |
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Tell
everyone you know
that we need to
Honor Elvis with a
monument in the
nation's capital. |
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The
Elvis-Nixon Connection: |
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Now
the Whole Story Can Be
Told |
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This is the most
requested picture
in the history of
the White House
Archives. On
the morning of
December 21, 1970,
Elvis went to
the White House
northwest gate
to
personally
deliver
a 5-page
letter addressed
to President
Nixon. He
had written it in
hand on American
Airlines
stationery.
In it, he
suggested to the
President that he
could help fight
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in America if he
had the
credentials of a
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Wrote Elvis,
"The drug
culture, the
hippie elements,
the SDS, Black
Panthers, etc. do
not consider me as
their enemy or as
they call it The
Establishment.
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"Sir, I can
and will be of any
service that I can
to help The
Country out. I
have no concern or
motives other than
helping the
country out. So I
wish not to be
given a title or
an appointed
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"I can and
will do more good
if I were made a
federal Agent at
Large and I
will help out by
doing it my way
through my
communications
with people of all
ages... |
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have done an
in-depth study of
drug abuse and
Communist
brainwashing
techniques and I
am right in the
middle of the
whole thing where
I can and will do
the most good.
"I would love
to meet you just
to say hello if
you're not too
busy. |
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Presley" |
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...I have a
personal gift for
you which I would
like to present to
you and you can
accept it or I
will keep it for
you until you can
take it."
(The gift was a
World War II Colt
.45 pistol and
seven silver
bullets.) |
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Presidential aides
arranged a meeting
for later in the
day. Aide Egil
Krogh, accompanied
Elvis to the
meeting with
Nixon. In a time
of buttoned up
suits and shined
shoes, Krogh later
noted he was
surprised at
Elvis'
"resplendent"
attire at the
meeting. |
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Noted Krogh,
"He was
wearing
tight-fitting dark
velvet pants, a
white silky shirt
with very high
collars and open
to below his
chest, a |
Aide
Egil Krogh
observes as the
President admires
Elvis's cuff links
shortly before he
invites Elvis to
pose in front of
the flags behind
them for the now
famous photographs.
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purple velvet
cape, a gold
medallion,
and heavy
silver-plated
amber-tinted
designer sunglasses
with
"EP"
built into the
nose bridge.
Around his waist
was a belt with a
huge four-inch by
six-inch gold belt
buckle with a
complex design I
couldn't make out
without
embarrassing
myself..." |
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leaving, Elvis
introduced his
body guards, Jerry
Schilling, left,
and Sonny West to
his new friend,
the President. |
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To see for
yourself all 28
photographs taken
at this historic
meeting, plus
photocopies of
Elvis' actual
letter and
internal White
House memos about
the event. Go to: www.nara.gov/exhall/nixonelvis/ |
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You
wanna shake my hand? |
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In January 1973, after Elvis'
"Aloha from Hawaii"
satellite TV special, which was
viewed by more than 1 billion
people worldwide, E returned to
Las Vegas to begin a one-month
stand at the Hilton. Just a few
days into his show schedule, he
developed a throat ailment that
lingered and forced the
cancellation of some of his
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On February 18, despite his still
sore throat, Elvis was doing a
midnight show when four men
suddenly leaped onto the stage in
a threatening manner. Bodyguard
Red West rushed from the wings to
block them, then three more
bodyguards, plus Vernon Presley
and Tom Diskin of Colonel Parker's
office, also tangled with the
intruders. In the melee, Elvis
pitched one of the attackers off
the stage into the ringside
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After order was restored, Elvis
addressed the crowd: "I'm
sorry, ladies and gentlemen...I'm
sorry I didn't break his goddamned
neck is what I'm sorry about! If
he wants to shake my hand, that's
fine. If he wants to get tough,
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The crowd gave Elvis a roaring
seven-minute standing ovation.
The four attackers were arrested
on public drunkenness charges, but
Elvis refused to press charges of
assault. However, he did obtain
copies of the men's police rap
sheets and kept them on file for
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Rampant Wisdom |
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A cock has
great influence on his own
dunghill. |
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Publius, maxim 357 |
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It was
Wilber's pride and joy and he
loved showing it off. |
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FAQs |
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What is the reason for
this website? |
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To honor Elvis. |
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Is Elvis Alive? |
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It depends on what you
mean by "is." |
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Do you believe Elvis
lives on? |
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Of course. If not, is
there really life? |
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Do you believe aliens
live among us? |
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Esyay. |
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Where can I buy Elvis
memorabilia? |
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In thousands of
stores. Elvis Presley Enterprises,
Inc. licenses companies that
produce a variety of items, and
EPE, Inc. also produces a catalog
of official Elvis memorabilia and
clothing. |
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Why are so many people
all over the world fascinated by
Elvis. |
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Love. Money.
Spirituality. Psychoquirks.
Mind needs beyond their
understanding. |
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When setting the table
for dinner, what side of the plate
do you put the knife on? |
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The right hand side. |
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If ADD stands for
Attention Deficit Disorder, what
does BDD stand for? |
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Body Dysmorphic
Disfunction. People who have this
ailment can't stand they way they
look, even though you might think
they look pretty normal and good.
Although some of them do look like
weenies. |
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Why do people who
are sitting down often lean to the
left or right when they expel gas? |
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Out of habit. |
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What should you say on a
crowded elevator if you hear
someone break wind? |
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Sweet mother of mercy,
it's an ill wind that brings no
joy. |
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If a rabbit's foot is
supposed to bring you good luck,
how come it didn't help the
rabbit? |
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Exactly. |
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What's so significant
about 70 days? |
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It's the amount of
time it takes to make a piece of
Wedgwood china, for a baby polar
bear to acquire acute hearing and
for a clawed jird to reach sexual
maturity. |
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So True |
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There
comes a time in every rightly
constructed boy's life when he has
a raging desire to go somewhere
and dig for hidden treasure. |
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Mark
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