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Harry S Truman National Historic Site Leaving Washington for Independence
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Harry S Truman National Historic Site
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oral history project
This ongoing project was initiated with the founding of Harry S Truman NHS. Interviews are conducted with people close to Harry and Bess Truman to gain a better understanding of their life in Independence and Grandview. More...
 

Harry S Truman NHS Remembers
Margaret Truman Daniel
February 17, 1924 - January 29, 2008
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Truman home fence installation. Credit: Truman Library

Did You Know?
Harry wrote to Bess during WWI, “I heard a Frenchman remark that Germany was fighting [the war] for territory, England for the sea, France for patriotism, and Americans for souvenirs.” Truman would often repeat this story later in life when souvenir hunters threatened to tear his house apart.
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