Harry S Truman
Harry S Truman
Birthplace
Birthplace: Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, 1009 Truman (formerly Kentucky) Avenue, Lamar, MO
Visited: 5/26/21
Log Excerpt: "The Truman birthplace, which the family occupied until Harry was 11 months old, was built between 1880 and 1882. The Trumans purchased the 20- by 28-foot house as newlyweds in 1882 for $685."
Home
Home: Truman Farm Home, US 71 and Blue Ridge Boulevard, Grandview, MO (p/o H. S Truman NHS, also NHL)
Visited: 5/26/21
Log Excerpt: "Built in 1894 by Truman's maternal grandmother, he gave up his $100 a month bank salary to go work on the family farm in 1906."
Home
Home: 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, MO (Harry S Truman National Historic Site)
Visited: 5/20/00
Log Excerpt: "Drove down to Independence. ... continued to Visitor Center for Harry Truman NHS [Harry S Truman Historic District]. Saw a brief slide show, then drove up to the house. Took a tour of the home that Bess Truman lived in all her life and that the Trumans lived in while not in D.C."
White House
Home: White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC
Visited: 8/1968, 10/16/2022 etc. Photo of Oval Office from Harry S Truman Presidential Library and Museum
White House Residence: 1945-1953 (From 1948, 3 1/2 years in Blair House during major WH renovation)
Home
Home: Blair House, 1651-1653 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Visited: 10/16/22
Log Excerpt: "Blair House NHL. Called "the world's most exclusive hotel" because it is primarily used as a state guest house to host visiting dignitaries and other guests of the president. President Harry S. Truman and his family lived in the original Blair House from 1948 to 1952 during the White House Reconstruction."
Gravesite
Gravesite: Harry S Truman Library and Museum, Independence, MO
Visited: 5/20/00
Log Excerpt: "Went a short ways to the Truman Library and saw the graves of the Trumans in the courtyard."
Museum/Library
Museum/Library: Harry S Truman Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, MO
Visited: 5/31/2019
Log Excerpt: "We then started our tour of Kansas City area sights, beginning in Independence: Truman Library/Museum and Grave. We spent a while here in the first of the modern extensive Presidential museums, looking through the history of the Truman era, including the Oval Office vignette that we like. Outside in the attractive courtyard is an eternal flame and the graves of Truman and his wife Bess. In a separate little area we went in to see the Truman office as it was when he actually worked here before he passed away. The museum is in the Harry S Truman NHL District (sites associated with the President including the residence where he lived for most of his adult life as well as the Library/Museum). It is also a contributing property in the Freedom's Frontier NHA."