Extras

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9/24/48 - President Truman on Whistle Stop Campaign with Elliot Roosevelt also on the Train.

The slogan “The Buck Stops Here” became widely identified with former President Harry S. Truman.

11/4/48 - President Truman with Bernard Dickmann, at the St. Louis, Missouri Union Station. President Truman is holding up the Chicago-Tribune headlines “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.”

10/15/50 - President Truman meets Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur at Wake Island.

Portrait of President Truman.

1953 - The Former President takes a stroll in his hometown of Independence, Missouri.

Harry S. Truman home in Independence, Missouri.

1952 - Harry and Bess Truman reading on the balcony of the White House.

1/20/49 - President Truman giving the inaugural address.

The Official White House Biography of President Truman

Truman Presidential Museum and Library

An Interactive Harry S. Truman Page

Internet Public Library page of the Truman Presidency

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation - funded by the United States Government

More Historical Links for the Student Researcher

Encarta Encyclopedia Biography of Harry S. Truman

The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace

The Harry S. Truman National Historic Site in Independence, MO

The Harry S. Truman Home in Key West, FL

7/20/45 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. George Patton, and President Truman at the ceremony at the U.S. Group Control Council Headquarters in Berlin, Germany, where the American Flag was first officially raised. President Truman is in Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference.