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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.
Former President George W. Bush’s paintings will be on display soon at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence. ... will run at Oct. 13-Dec. 31 at the Truman Library.
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 ...
The Truman Home (earlier known as the Gates–Wallace home), 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri, was the home of Harry S. Truman from the time of 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 between the years 1867 ...
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site: Independence: Jackson: Northwest: Historic house: Home of Harry S Truman from the 1919 until his death in 1972 Harry S Truman Office and Courtroom: Independence: Jackson: Northwest: Biographical: Office used by Harry S. Truman during his early political years, located in the Jackson County Courthouse
Independence and the Opening of the West is a 1961 mural by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton, located inside the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. It depicts Independence and its people during three decades, from 1817 to 1847.
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), an American politician of the Democratic Party.He served as a United States senator from Missouri (1935–1945) and briefly as Vice President (1945) before he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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 ...