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Quote:Vandals deface Elvis Presley's Graceland by spray-painting 'Black Lives Matter', 'Defund the Police' and
'Abolish ICE' on a wall surrounding the King's Tennessee mansion
*Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis was defaced by vandals overnight with ‘Black Lives Matter’ graffiti
*The slogans were painted in thick black and orange lettering on the stone wall that surrounds the mansion
*Graceland, where Elvis lived for 20 years before his death in August 1977, was also marred by other scrawling
*The lettering covered thousands of tributes to Elvis written by fans who have visited the site since 1982
*Bill Stanley, Elvis’ stepbrother, described how appalled he was that someone would deface the King’s home
*Vandals also struck the Levitt Shell concert venue in Overton Park, spray-painting scrawled obscenities,
including ‘F*** TRUMP" and ‘F*** STRICKLAND'
'Elvis Presley’s iconic Graceland estate in Memphis was defaced by vandals overnight with ‘Black Lives Matter’ and
‘Defund the Police’ graffiti. The protest slogans were painted in thick black and orange lettering on the stone wall that
surrounds the King’s mansion along Elvis Presley Boulevard, the Commercial Appeal first reported.
Graceland, where Elvis lived for 20 years before his death in August 1977, also had its wall marred by other popular
activist phrases such as ‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Defund MPD’, and ‘F*** Trump’. The spray-painted lettering covered thousands
of tributes to Elvis written by fans who have visited the King’s home since it officially became a museum in 1982.
The vandalism was discovered by museum workers early Tuesday morning.
Fans of Elvis were outraged to see the landmark defaced.
‘We were just driving by this morning and we looked over,’ Alice Self told WMC5. ‘We just couldn’t believe it.
We were just stunned by it.’
Bill Stanley, Elvis’ stepbrother, also described how appalled he was that someone would deface the King’s home.
‘This is totally uncalled for,’ said Stanley. ‘One of the saddest days of my life. I mean, besides the day that Elvis passed
away, this right here is right up next to it.’
Democratic State Rep. Antonio Parkinson offered a different take on the graffiti, in opposition to the collective voice of
outrage, writing: ‘What’s the real issue here? Every visitor that has come to Graceland has written on that wall and there
were no complaints. So, really, it’s WHAT was written, not the fact that it was written.’
A spokesperson for Graceland declined to comment on the vandalism. Worker’s wielding power-washers were seen
removing the graffiti from the wall by mid-morning Tuesday.
But Elvis’ home wasn’t the only iconic landmark vandalized in the city from late Monday, to the early hours of Tuesday
morning...
Quote:...Also tagged overnight by vandals was the large ‘I [Heart] Memphis’ mural on Cooper Avenue at York, where the sameDaily Mail:
graffiti themes of ‘BLM’, ‘EAT THE RICH’, and ‘DEFUND POLICE’ were scrawled all over.
The instances of vandalism were discovered on 901 Day, an unofficial celebration of Memphis culture that takes place
on September 1 each year. Memphis police are investigating the vandalism. Online, meanwhile, debate over the identity
of the vandals was held across social media, with some blaming leftist ‘thugs’ for the damage and others claiming that
‘infiltrators’ seeking to discredit the Black Lives Matter movement were responsible.
Elvis Presley lived at Graceland for two decades before his death on August 16, 1977, at age 42.
The estate — located along Highway 51 South, known as Elvis Presley Boulevard — was opened to the public in 1982
and attracts around 600,000 visitors annually...'
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