June 23rd in Elvis History

It’s June twenty-third, and on this day in 1963… Elvis Presley took the first steps toward creating a place of peace and reflection at Graceland by commissioning the Meditation Garden. At Elvis’s request, Marty Lacker arranged for Bernard Grenadier to design the space. What began as a personal retreat quickly became one of Elvis’s most cherished places on the property. In time, the Meditation Garden would become the final resting place for Elvis, his mother Gladys, his father Vernon, and his grandmother Minnie Mae, with a memorial plaque also honoring his stillborn twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley.