“We think it bad enough to send Elvis Presley in the Army, but if you cut his side burns off we will just die!”
-Linda Kelly, Sherry Bane, and Mickie Mattson writing to President Eisenhower, circa 1958
For some historical connect-the-dots, here’s the “Elvis Letter” referred to in the “I Found It in the National Archives” story submitted by Stuart Leibiger.
Thanks for the memories, Stuart!
From the holdings of the Eisenhower Presidential Library.
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