Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Is Now Open

Johnny Cash (1932 2003) walks inside the gates of Folsom Prison, preparing to perform his fourth concert for inmates there, California, 1964. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Fans of Johnny Cash can now visit the home he grew up in. The Johnny Cash Boyhood Home opened in Dyess, Arkansas, on Saturday, reports Rolling Stone Country. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by members of the Cash family, who lived in the home from 1935 until 1953. The five-bedroom home has been refurnished with retrieved family items and donations.

If Dad walked into the house today, he would have been overcome, Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cashs oldest daughter, said. Many people approach me about starting Johnny Cash projects and I usually say no. But, in talking to Dr. Ruth Hawkins and Arkansas State University, I realized several things, and one is that my children need to know their family legacy. Its so beautiful.

Others in attendance included Cashs sister, Joanne Cash Yates, and his brother, Tommy Cash. Yates cut the ribbon to declare the home officially opened, and the family sang Will the Circle Be Unbroken along with guests in attendance. Restoration work on the home began in 2009.

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