More Graceland & National Civil Rights Museum

At Graceland, in the meditation garden and private cemetery, are buried Elvis, his parents, his paternal Grandmother and his twin brother, Jessie Gabon Presley. who was still born, (supposedly) According to the debut novel by New York Times writer Steve Carlson entitled "Almost Graceland" . . . well you'll have to read it to see the premise, but it is a book that "explores the power of loss and redemption in a moving portrait of Elvis at the end of his life".

After Graceland we visited the National Civil Rights Museum at the old Lorraine Hotel, the site of the assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968. This museum tells the history of the civil rights movement in the USA and the world. While purchasing our tickets, Melanie handed the girl working at the ticket office her ID and credit card. The girl exclaimed, "You're Melanie Gray ?" Melanie said "Yes, why?" She girl replied, "I'm Melanie Gray too !" Melanie said show me your ID and sure enough, there were two Melanie Gray's looking at each other face-to-face. Couldn't pass up an opportunity to take a picture of that in front of the wall at the National Civil Rights Museum.