Elvis Presley Concert - Arizona Memorial benefit show

Elvis Presley Arizona Memorial benefit show.

This is one of the big-time fundraisers in the history of show business. Elvis Presley was ready for this thing, because it is only 12 months of his uniform for the location of the fair was in the arena block, Pearl Harbor, however.

Elvis will rise to $ 50,000 for the Arizona Memorial. $ 100.00 Elvis put into his own pocket as a starter. Elvis would benefit from a disc-man show to raise $ 50,000 forthe USS Arizona Memorial Memorial Fund.

1961, Saturday, March 25, was the benefit show to the block Pearl Harbor, instead of arena.
This show would be a first for Elvis out of his hometown, Memphis, Tennessee. His last public appearance was in Honolulu that more than three years.

Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker - Elvis has said, will lead to nothing and all offices receiving cash at the end of the memorial. Colonel Parker was clear that "every cent raisedthe benefit must go to the bottom, in fact, Elvis bought the first ticket for $ 100.00, Elvis said, "if I have to pay to get on stage to sing, that's good enough for me."

There were about 4,000 seats available, with hundreds of places on the ring that would go on sale for a hundred dollars, the rest of the tickets offered for sale at a price would be for all budgets.

The Arizona Memorial benefit show has been very successful in increasing total$ 62,000 for the Pacific War Memorial.

The half a million dollars, was 186 feet long concrete façade complete the USS Arizona Memorial is about 12 months later, the credit for much of the funding has always belonged to Elvis Presley.

Elvis was not able to return until the memory because of his busy schedule 1965.

President of the Pacific War Memorial Commission, Tucker Gratz, Elvis welcomes.

Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker honor of the ship and the men who lost their lives inPearl Harbor with two 5-foot-rings, each ring carrying inscriptions gold band.

The crown to the shape of a bell with the words "Gone But Not Forgotten is Elvis and the Colonel." Go to "USS Arizona", covered with red carnations on the ground.

The second crown, signed by Elvis and the Colonel called, the words "In memory of Pearl Harbor in 1941."

The bell-shaped crown was lost with exactly 1177 Carnation, in honor of every man and every officer on theArizona.