Thousands of fans mount Elvis vigil
More than 7,000 Elvis Presley fans have begun a candlelit vigil at his Graceland mansion 25 years after his death.
The ceremony began an hour late because of a thunderstorm in Memphis just as fans were congregating outside the gates.
A minister led the crowd in the Lord's Prayer before the vigil.
"Elvis had the greatest fans in the world and always will," Graceland manager Todd Morgan told fans.
"We see it more as a celebration of Elvis's life than a time for grief," said Jane Anderson, the 68-year-old president of an Elvis fan club in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Thousands of fans gathered in front of the gates, lit their candles and began their pilgrimage up the driveway to where Elvis is buried.
Wreaths at Graceland have arrived from fans as far away as Brazil and Japan. A British group has their own bus riding around town.
