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News as of March, 2008

The new managing Director for Graceland is Mike Gates. Mike has a history in managerial tactics with the National Park Service and we wish him the best of luck.

A Cousin Has Passed - Former Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) | 5 July 2008 | by Barbara Lee Rowe | Former Republican Senator Jesse A. Helms has passed away on the fourth of July, 2008. He was 86 years of age. Senator Helms was a descendant of Thomas Presley, and was born in Monroe, North Carolina on October 18, 1921. He served in the United States Navy during WWII. For many years he had fought for justice and the American way. He was labeled quite often a racist for some of his views and remarks, but Sen. Helms stood up for what was right, fair and balanced, and not for political correctness, the downfall today of our nation's priorities. In an ad for his 1990/1996 campaign as Mayor of Charlotte, Sen. Helms established that many were overlooked for employment simply because they were not minorities. This is not racist, it is fact. The commercial shows a white fist crumbling up a job application and underneath were the words: "You needed that job...but they had to give it to a minority." Senator Helms had recollections of his youth spent in Monroe, where the Presley and Helms families came up. "I shall always remember the shady streets, the quiet Sundays, the cotton wagons, the Fourth of July parades, the New Year's Eve firecrackers. I shall never forget the stream of school kids marching uptown to place flowers on the Courthouse Square monument on Confederate Memorial Day." Today, political correctness teaches that our children should not remember those who fought for the Confederate states although everyone of those soldiers was and is an American veteran. Senator Helms never lost a race for Senate since 1972. He will be missed. I still recall the phone call I received from him one Christmas Day two years ago, before he became ill. He wished me a very Merry Christmas and told me that if I ever needed his help, he would gladly give it.

From his conservative views such as comparing abortion to the Holocaust and Sept. 11 attacks, Sen. Helms was a defender for God and country.
"I will never be silent about the death of those who cannot speak for themselves," he wrote in his memoris. "Here's where I stand."

Sen. Helms and his wife, Dorothy, had two daughters and a son whom they adopted in 1962 after the boy, 9 years old and stricken with cerebral palsy, wrote in a newspaper article that he wanted parents.

quoted sources taken from the article of the Associated Press, July, 2008.

THE PRESLEY FAMILY HISTORY
Thanks to cousin Mackey Hargett, the mystery of Rosella and Rosalinda Presley has not only been resolved, but told in such an honorable and awesome way that it is a must to review. Mackey's story, through the efforts of Julian Riley and Rachel Harding, has brought to light a family history website entitled, Roots Of Elvis Presley, where all of this information is being stored. Julian and Rachel have spent over two years developing this project which is part of a special museum located in Verona, MS.

For the very first time, Rosella's story is told and the true grandfather of Elvis is revealed, a guarded family secret for many years which Elvis and Vernon knew about but kept out of respect for Rosella and the family. Now, the family story is told, and the many ancestral and descendant families are for the very first time revealed. Mackey came forward after many years of silence, so as not to disturb the family or Elvis' memory. It is a story that his grandmother, Elnora Wallace Yarber, had told to him very early on. Mackey wishes to present a very tactful and honorable approach to this long-mysterious puzzle and long a foremost major stumbling block to the completion of the Presley Family History: the true father of Rosella's children.


Thank you, Mackey, for bringing to light this true story of Rosella, and thank you to Julian and Rachel .for a terrific sit, both in bringing this story out in the incredible, heartwarming manner in which they have. Please read the story here first as Mackey has presented it for you. It is true and done in the best possible form of respect for a lady whose life has been so misunderstood. READ MORE HERE>>


The Presley Family line from Rosella and MaryJane "Rosalinda" Presley is so amazing and well-documented that Graceland® sent two of their archivists down to Verona to check the story out. As Julian tells it, "They were blown away by it!" Hopefully, Graceland® will begin to work with the Presley family and their researchers to aid in the completion of a final and "official" Presley Family History.


copyright: 2007 Julian C. Riley and
Rachel Ann Harden


The Roots of Elvis Presley details the family lines of Elvis' direct and more recent connections while The Kin of Rock and Roll connects Elvis and his direct family lines to the ancestors and gives more insight to the ancestral lines as well as exists as a tribute to our cousin, Elvis.

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The Kin of Rock and Roll defends Elvis as founder, Barbara Lee, traveled to Memphis and found quite a few interesting people there, including the ever-lovely, Suzanne Leigh, who co-starred with Elvis in Paradise Hawaiian Style. Lee was able to confront former MM, Sonny West, regarding his book about Elvis. Supposed to have been a loyal friend to Elvis, West alleges that Elvis' was "stoned" while filming his movies, just one of the items that infuriated Lee. "I have heard from several sources who both knew Elvis and worked with him during those movie days, and they advised me that Elvis did not get 'stoned' during filming and that the idea is absolutely ridiculous for back in the day he would have been thrown off the film. The drug abuse scenario is getting way out of hand here, " says Lee, "and so is the degradation of the departed Elvis by those who thought they knew him best." In a rare interview with Essential Elvis UK, Rosemary Alden, sister of Ginger Alden, said the following to Andrew Hearn: "I remember Elvis saying how upset he was with a lot of the people he had working for him. He had already gotten rid of a few. He said that he had several in mind who were on their way out and they were definitely aware of it!" {copyright: Andrew Hearn www.essentialelvis.com/ Elvis was not a saint. He was not perfect. But Elvis was a good Christian and that is much of where this story goes. THE KIN OF ROCK AND ROLLdenounces the scurrilous accounts of Elvis' life in the face of his death.

Elvis and The Drugs ~ Time to Let It Go of the Myths | The Kin of Rock and Roll Defends Elvis from the continuing accusations of self-induced Drug Abuse. READ MORE>>


THE KIN OF ROCK AND ROLL Is Not Happy About New Re-Mixes of Elvis'
Old Songs Saying that Elvis' Music Stands Alone And Needs No Enhancing Or Changing With The Times | ELVIS PRESLEY REMIX OF "BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE" NEW ENTRY IN SWEDISH CHART AT N.48 Better than Mariah Carey, new entry at 51.

Having received the blessing by Elvis Presley Enterprises and Sony BMG
US, the Elvis Presley's new remixed song "Baby Let's Play House" by contemporary DJ/producer Spankox enters this week the Swedish chart at n.48, beating Mariah Carey's Touch My Body that follows at position 51. Elvis enters the chart chasing Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain Low that this week is at position 47 and before Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love, at number 49. Elvis' new remix has already been sitting at the Italian Official Nielsen Charts for 7 weeks, setting the new chart record. Now the help of Swedish Elvis fans is needed to support this release and push the King to the top. The record is available as special limited edition VinylDISC (CD + Vinyl in one: a CD that plays also on a turntable) and is also available as digital download from iTunes and other online stores.

More info and videoclip:
http://www.babyletsplayhouse.com

›Remember Our Soldiers>>
Send a package or a card to a soldier to let them know how much we care about them. God Bless our troops, living and deceased. We will never forget their sacrifices; the sacrifices of those who died to preserve our freedoms.

Our American Condition we family of Americans have come up against great odds. We are in a time when our government stands to undergo a complete change not only in the value of leadership, but in the type of leaders.

We as Americans, have a solid obligation to help keep America safe. Do what you can to be a true patriot. Do the right thing. Elvis did not involve himself much with polititians, though he was hounded by them on occasion for his support. Elvis did not appreciate the misuse of his name to aid in another's political gain. When you vote, consider first the plight of our nation; that our safety and security is foremost if we want to survive as a people.


Kin founder, Barbara Lee, was presented with this awesome charcoal drawing of Elvis wearing a civil war period uniform. It was presented to her by the artist, Mark Kinan, who prepared it for both Barbara Lee and Elvis' love of Civil War history.

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