Elvis Statue Stolen
We can’t help but note the theft of a seven foot Elvis statue from the roof of the Happy Day Diner in Rosedale, Maryland, a blue collar neighborhood on Baltimore’s east side. We shall leave it to our readers to draw their own conclusions what this says of the state of our culture or how it fits in to the lore of Elvis-mania, but it leaves us feeling sad and angry folks can’t allow good old American tackiness to flourish or are so greedy they must attempt to have it all to themselves.
In the past year, the #8 statue honoring Cal Ripken in the Eutaw Street courtyard outside Orioles Park at Camden Yards was stolen only to be found in the bed of the crooks’ pickup truck. Somehow, the Elvis theft creates more for one to ponder. Just what, who knows?
Of course for years, folks joked that Elvis was alive and well working in a donut shop or gas station in Dundalk, Maryland, another east side suburb of Baltimore. Alas, the King would be 75 years old with the anniversary of his death coming up next month marking 33 years since his death – we feel sadly stuck in the Heartbreak Hotel for the moment.
We can’t help but note the theft of a seven foot Elvis statue from the roof of the Happy Day Diner in Rosedale, Maryland, a blue collar neighborhood on Baltimore’s east side. We shall leave it to our readers to draw their own conclusions what this says of the state of our culture or how it fits in to the lore of Elvis-mania, but it leaves us feeling sad and angry folks can’t allow good old American tackiness to flourish or are so greedy they must attempt to have it all to themselves.
In the past year, the #8 statue honoring Cal Ripken in the Eutaw Street courtyard outside Orioles Park at Camden Yards was stolen only to be found in the bed of the crooks’ pickup truck. Somehow, the Elvis theft creates more for one to ponder. Just what, who knows?
Of course for years, folks joked that Elvis was alive and well working in a donut shop or gas station in Dundalk, Maryland, another east side suburb of Baltimore. Alas, the King would be 75 years old with the anniversary of his death coming up next month marking 33 years since his death – we feel sadly stuck in the Heartbreak Hotel for the moment.
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