Special to The Mississippi Link
Tupelo, Miss.—Get your motors running, and plan to cruise the third annual Rags to Riches Tour on Saturday, August 15! Bring your classic automobile to the Tupelo Automobile Museum to take the trip up Old Highway 78, commemorating the ride Elvis and his family took when they left Tupelo in their 1939 Plymouth and moved to Memphis.
Cars will leave the Tupelo Automobile Museum at 7:00 a.m. and drive up Hwy 78 to Olive Branch City Hall for registration. Cruisers from the Olive Branch area will join the cruise there and return to Tupelo via Old 78 to tour the Elvis Presley Birthplace and Tupelo Automobile Museum. A free catered BBQ lunch will be provided at the Tupelo Automobile Museum to the first 120 pre-registered participants. After lunch, cruisers will return back up Hwy 78 to Holly Springs to visit “Poteet’s Ford Farm.”
Entry fees are $20 for adults, $10 for children ages 7 to 12 and free for children under age 7. Fee includes entry to the Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum and the Tupelo Automobile Museum. This is a rain or shine event. To participate in the Rags to Riches Tour and pre-register, contact Allen McDaniel at 662-842-4242. Pre-registration is not required but highly recommended!
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