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Home to a People's President

President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Despite his power, he never forgot where he came from. Today, visitors can experience the surroundings Truman knew as a young man of modest ambition through his political career and final years as a former president.

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Truman's hat and coat

Explore the Truman Home

The Truman Home offers a glimpse at the personal life of the 33rd President of the United States. Beautiful in its uncluttered commonness, the Truman Home showcases the simple life Truman and his wife Bess enjoyed in Independence before and after his presidency.

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Truman Home Conservation Projects

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the preservation work that occurred during the Truman Home closure in 2009-2010. The home received new HVAC and fire suppression systems and underwent extensive plaster and wallpaper conservation. The high level of historic fabric retained in the home provides an authentic picture of the family's private life.


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Truman Home Second Floor Photographs

A photographic tour of the second floor of the Truman Home is now available. The images were taken in 1983 as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey to document how the home looked just after Bess Truman's death.


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Oral History Project

This ongoing project was initiated in 1984 with the opening 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.
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Harry S Truman NHS
223 N. Main St.
Independence, Missouri 64050

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(816) 254-9929

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(816) 254-4491

Climate

Summer is hot and humid with occasional thunderstorms. Spring and fall are mild with moderate temperatures; rain is possible. Winter can be cold with snow or mixed precipitation.
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Truman Farm Home, Grandview, MO. NPS Photo.

Did You Know?
When Harry Truman lived there (1906-1917), his family’s farm was 600 acres in area. That was four times the size of the average Missouri farm at that time.
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Last Updated: February 02, 2012 at 13:50 MST

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