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Harry S Truman National Historic Site
For Kids
 
Young Harry Truman
Truman Library
Harry Truman, age 13.

 

Children ages 5-12 can participate in our Junior Ranger program. After visiting the site and completing several Truman-related activities, children are sworn in as Junior Rangers and receive a badge.

 
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Truman on a horse in 1933. Credit: Truman Library  

Did You Know?
Although he was an optimist, Harry Truman sometimes became discouraged. In 1933, he wrote to Bess, “Tomorrow I’ll be forty-nine and for all the good I’ve done the forty might as well be left off….” Little did he know what his future held.

Last Updated: April 11, 2008 at 16:43 EST