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The Harry S Truman Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and resting place of Harry S Truman, the 33rd president of the United States (1945–1953), his wife Bess and daughter Margaret, and is located on U.S. Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri.
Wallace House (also called the Truman Home), 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri, would be the home of Harry S. Truman, on-and-off, after his marriage to Bess Wallace, on June 28, 1919, until his death on December 26, 1972. Bess Truman's maternal grandfather, George Porterfield Gates, built the house over a period of years from ...
A map of the Oregon Trail, marking Independence. Harry S. Truman's Independence home, now part of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. Two important Civil War battles occurred at Independence: the first on August 11, 1862, when Confederate soldiers took control of the town, and the second in October 1864, which resulted in a Union ...
Harry S. Truman [86] December 26, 1972: Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum: Independence: Missouri: 35 Alben W. Barkley [87] April 30, 1956: Mount Kenton Cemetery: Paducah: Kentucky: 36 Richard Nixon [88] April 22, 1994: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: Yorba Linda: California: 37 Lyndon B. Johnson [89] January 22, 1973
The Harry S. Truman Farm Home is located 15 miles (24 km) away from Independence in Grandview, Missouri. A National Historic Landmark , the farmhouse at 12301 Blue Ridge Blvd. was built in 1894 by Harry Truman's maternal grandmother, and is the centerpiece of a 5.25 acres (2.12 ha) remnant of the family's former 600-acre (240 ha) farm.
Truman died on Dec. 26, 1972 — exactly 50 years ago. The following morning, as Independence prepared for a presidential funeral, Pritchard, then 15, grabbed the family’s Super 8 video camera ...
Harry S. Truman: Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Dedicated on July 6, 1957 Rededicated December 9, 2001 Independence, Missouri: NARA: website: 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home Dedicated on May 1, 1962 Rededicated on October 7, 2019 Abilene, Kansas: NARA: website: 35 John ...
Dolly Parton visited Kansas City on Tuesday after Missouri became the 14th state to make Imagination Library available to every child age 5 and under.