Amory awarded grant to re-roof armory (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

AMORY – The old armory’s biggest claim to fame perhaps was being the venue for a Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley concert in 1955 in which a young Elvis Presley was said to have heard the song “Blue Suede Shoes” sung for the first time by Carl Perkins.

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