This just in from Heritage News (April 2006): Interior Secretary
Gale Norton designated Graceland, home of the king of rock ‘n’
roll Elvis Presley, as a National Historic Landmark on March 27,
2006. Click here for the full press release. Norton made the
announcement during a special ceremony with Priscilla Presley on
the mansion grounds in Memphis, Tennessee. Graceland was
Presley’s primary residence for 20 years of his 23-year career
and is the one site most associated with him. It is one of the
five most visited home museums in the United States and the most
recognizable residence in the nation after the White House
(which is quite scary). Graceland is now in the company of Mount
Vernon, Monticello, Hoover Dam, (and for us archaeologists) the
William Paca House and Cahokia Mounds. Tags: Graceland, Elvis,
landmark Filed under Uncategorized My friend and fellow Project
Past member Christopher Goodmaster has provided us with a
photogallery of the 3 day roadtrip that followed the 2005 Plains
Anthropological Con