Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Jan. 8, 1935.

During a visit to Tupelo, fans of the King should check out spots including Elvis Presley Birthplace Park, Tupelo Hardware and Johnnie's Drive In.

Declan Fassler, 6 years old and grinning, struck a pose with his new Savannah brand acoustic guitar. His three siblings crowded around. Sebastian, a 3-year-old mischief-maker, couldn’t resist plucking a string.

The twang resonated, bouncing off the rows of crowded shelves that connect the 13-foot-high ceiling and the hardwood floors of Tupelo Hardware, the old-school Main Street business where almost 80 years ago a woman named Gladys Love Presley bought her son, Elvis , his first guitar, as a special treat to mark the boy’s 11th birthday.

An X marks the spot on the floor in

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