Tupelo, Mississippi - January 8, 2002

Left: model for size of Elvis- David Pitman; Lisa Reed - representative of Sculptor; Statue of " Elvis at 13"; Michiel Van der    Sommen - Sculptor; Larry Otis - Mayor; Henry Dodge - Chairman of "Elvis Presley Foundation".

With special thanks to Mayor of Tupelo City, Mississippi - Larry K Otis, for permission to use the photgraph taken  on Elvis's birthday. 

Note : 
The fine Bronze statue of Elvis Presley, depicted as a young boy by the gifted Sculptor Michiel Van der Sommen, was first suggested to the Mayor of Tupelo by my good friends Maurice and Maureen Colgan of Swords, Ireland in a letter he wrote to the Mayor back in 1999. (The, "fans from Ireland", mentioned in M. Scott Morris's article in the 9th January edition of the, "Daily Journal", of Tupelo) 

They are delighted and proud to have played a small part in this beautiful tribute to Tupelo's most famous son. Maurice came up with these poignant words: "This fine statue of young Elvis, if anything can, represents how the boy, is father to the man". 
AL 2002