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 Harry S. Truman - Lamar, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 37° 29.683 W 094° 16.652
15S E 387068 N 4150521
Marker Identifying site of Vice-Presidential Acceptance Speech.
Waymark Code: WMAD4Z
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2010
Views: 6
County of Marker: Barton County
Location of Marker: 11th St. W. & Gulf St., courthouse lawn, Lamar
Marker Erected by: Lamar Lions Club
Date Marker Erected: 1975
Marker Text:
HARRY S. TRUMAN
May 8, 1884 - Dec. 26, 1972
Birthplace : Lamar, Missouri
32nd President : Apr. 12, 1945 - Jan. 20, 1953
From this spot Mr. Truman
Delivered his Vice-Presidential
Nomination Acceptance Speech
On August 31, 1944.
This Memorial was erected in 1975 through
The efforts of the Citizens of Barton County
And Sponsored by the Lamar Lions Club.
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History of Mark:
Term
33rd President of the United States (1945–1953)
Born
May 8, 1884, Lamar, MO
Nickname
"Give ’Em Hell Harry"
Religion
Baptist
Marriage
June 28, 1919, to Elizabeth “Bess” Virginia Wallace (1885–1982)
Children
Mary Margaret (1924–2008)
Career
Farmer, Businessman, Public Official
Political Party
Democrat
Writings
Memoirs (2 vols., 1955-56)
Died
December 26, 1972, Kansas City, MO
Buried
Independence, MO
A Life in Brief
Harry S. Truman became President of the United States with the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945. During his nearly eight years in office, Truman confronted enormous challenges in both foreign and domestic affairs. Truman’s policies abroad, and especially toward the Soviet Union in the emerging Cold War, would become staples of American foreign policy for generations.
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