The St. Francis Xavier website has several good articles and photos on their history (click here). They also discuss how in 2012 they initiated a study on the location of the original chapel as part of their of their 350th anniversay (click here). That study was conducted by the late Scott Lawrence and his company Grave Concerns. Scott passed away in 2018 (click here.) Here he is talking about the 2012 study he and his crew conducted at Newtowne:
Musically, everyone remembers Elvis doing this tune. However, years before him, the Orioles had a doo wop hit with it in 1953. Even before them, the song was a country music hit by the song writers' son Darrell Glenn (click here.) Think I still prefer the Orioles' version and not just because they won again yesterday!
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