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2 days ago · Early life, family, and education. Truman at age 13 in 1897. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884, the oldest child of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman. He was named for his maternal uncle, Harrison "Harry" Young. His middle initial, "S", is not an abbreviation of one particular name.
May 14, 2024 · Born to Missouri farmer parents in 1884, Harry Truman spent his early years on a 600-acre farm. As the oldest of three, Truman’s mother encouraged him to take up activities like piano. He graduated high school in 1901 with an eye towards West Point.
May 14, 2024 · Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, to John Truman and Martha Young Truman. His middle name, simply the letter “S,” was “a compromise made between his parents, who couldn’t agree on which grandfather’s name to use.”
May 21, 2024 · Once a senator who complained that the 32nd president treated him like “an office boy,” Truman left the White House in 1953 as one of the most accomplished presidents. Those events are the focus of David L. Roll’s “Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt’s Shadow and Remade the World.”
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2 days ago · The appendices include a couple of articles written about how to research Truman’s environmental legacy in the holdings of the National Archives and the concluding appendix features a brief chronology of ‘Harry S. Truman and the Natural Environment.’
May 25, 2024 · 1. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) Ascending to the presidency following Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s death in 1945, Harry S. Truman faced the monumental task of leading the nation through the end of World War II and the early years of the Cold War.
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2 days ago · Eisenhower was given a hero’s welcome upon returning to the United States for a visit in June 1945, but in November his intended retirement was delayed when Pres. Harry S. Truman named him to replace Marshall as chief of staff.
