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Truman chose to have the service at the library rather than a larger, state funeral in Washington, D.C. The library was built with private funds raised by the Harry S. Truman Library Inc., with Truman himself contributing greatly to the fundraising effort by "attending dinners, making speeches around the country, and writing thousands of letters".
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, as he was vice president at the time.
Harry R. Truman (October 1896 – May 18, 1980) was an American businessman, bootlegger, and prospector. He lived near Mount St. Helens , an active volcano in the state of Washington , and was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake near the base of the mountain.
Truman died on Dec. 26, 1972 — exactly 50 years ago. The following morning, as Independence prepared for a presidential funeral, Pritchard, then 15, grabbed the family’s Super 8 video camera ...
[47] [44] This included former U.S. Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. [48] The other surviving former U.S. president at the time, Herbert Hoover, was too ill to attend the state funeral, and was represented by his sons, Herbert Jr. and Allan. [49]
It’s one thing to watch a Top Gun movie, the commanding officer of the USS Harry S. Truman says, but quite another to experience the ship “raw, unfiltered, uncut,” as The Star just did.
Elizabeth Virginia Truman (née Wallace; February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was the wife of President Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She had previously served as second lady of the United States from January to April 1945.
Leslie William Coffelt (August 15, 1910 – November 1, 1950) was an officer of the White House Police, a branch of the Secret Service, who was killed while successfully defending U.S. President Harry S. Truman against an attempted assassination on November 1, 1950, at Blair House, where the president was living during renovations at the White House.