Elvis & June - Summer of '56

At the beginning of Elvis Presley’s stardom, June Juanico of Biloxi, Mississippi was the lucky girl who caught Elvis’s eye at one of his first performances on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1956.

Their time together was filled with love, romance, heartbreak, and a lot of youthful, innocent, fun-filled adventures!

Scroll through the story map below for your guide to the places Elvis spent time on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the Summer of 1956 and to learn a part of his story you might not have known before.

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