A letter from three teenage girls to President Eisenhower begging him not to have Elvis Presley’s hair cut short when he was drafted into the Army. The letter is now preserved in the Library of Congress. [1958]

    by WavesAndSaves

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    1. WavesAndSaves on

      >Box 755

      >Noxon, Mont

      >Dear President Eisenhower,

      >My girlfriends and I are writting all the way from Montana, we think its bad enough to send **Elvis Presley** in the Army, but if you cut his sideburns off we will just die! You don’t no how we fell about him, I really don’t see why you have to send him in the Army at all, but we beg you please please don’t give him a G.I. hair cut, oh please please don’t! If you do we will just about die!

      >**Elvis Presley Lovers**

      >Presley Presley is our cry, P-R-E-S-L-E-Y

      >Linda Kelly

      >Sherry Bane

      >Mickie Mattson

    2. MadMusicNerd on

      Evidence that there were crazy fans at all times. (And I know Elvis was a ***huge Megastar***)

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