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Category Archives: Harry S Truman
Harry Truman’s Harried Christmas: 1945
The Sudden Presidency While political insiders had noticed Franklin D. Roosevelt’s physical decline, the country was in shock when their President – for twelve years and counting – died suddenly in Warm Springs, GA. His failing health had been generally … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Bess Truman, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, history, Margaret Truman, President Harry S Truman, Presidential history, the Atomic Bomb, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, THe end of World War II, Truman and the Atomic Age, Truman's Christmas 1945, US history, White House history
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Harry Truman, Poker and The Buck Stops Here
President Harry Truman’s desk sign “The Buck Stops Here” is usually construed as an assumption of responsibility. The Origin of “The Buck” The saying, however, derives from a poker term (and HST was a long-time poker player). In the wild … Continue reading
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Tagged "the buck stops here", American history, Bess Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, Feather Schwartz Foster, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, Harry Truman and poker, history, HST's Little White House, Key West FL, Madge Wallace, President Harry Truman, Presidential history, Senator Harry Truman, The Little White House, US history, White House history
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The Courtship of Bess and Harry Truman
Bess Wallace and Harry Truman courted (sort of) for nearly thirty years. Little Boy Harry and Little Girl Bess: Writing of his courtship many years after his marriage, Harry Truman said he first fell in love with Bess Wallace when … Continue reading
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Tagged America history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's parents, Bess Wallace Truman, David and Madge Wallace, elizabeth Wallace Truman, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Bess Truman, Harry S Truman, history, Madge Wallace, Margaret Truman, President Harry S Truman, President Truman, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Bess Truman’s First Press Conference
Few First Ladies were more reluctant to be in the public eye than Bess Truman. Mrs. Truman becomes FLOTUS Late in the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Bess Truman (1885-1982) received a phone call from her husband. There was a … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's mother, Chief Justice Harlan Stone, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Bess Truman, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady History, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman becomes President, history, Madge Gates Wallace, Madge Wallace, Mrs. Harry Truman, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry S Truman, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, White House history US history
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Mrs. Truman and the Housekeeper
Bess Wallace Truman would not tolerate any disregard to her authority. Bess Wallace: Homebody Bess Wallace (1885-1982) was the granddaughter of a well-to-do flour mill owner from Independence, MO. Her mother, Madge Gates, was a spoiled and self-centered woman, who … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's father David Wallace, Bess Truman's mother Madge Gates Wallace, Bess Wallace Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Bess Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, Henrietta Nesbitt, history, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, Presidential history, US history, White House cuisine, White House history, White House housekeeper Henrietta Nesbitt
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Bess Truman: The Family Secret
Few First Ladies hated the position more than Bess Truman. Bess Truman becomes First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s example was daunting enough for anyone, but for Bess Wallace Truman, all she wanted was to go in a completely different direction: Back … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's father David Wallace, Bess Truman's mother Madge Gates Wallace, Bess Wallace Truman, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Bess Truman, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, history, Madge Wallace, Mrs. Harry Truman, Presidential wives, The White House, US history, White House history
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The Remarkable Friendship Between Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover
In April, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt had died suddenly, and Vice President-now-President Harry S Truman, by his own admission, felt like the moon, stars and all the planets had fallen on him. Harry Truman Makes A Friend Only days after … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman, Herbert Hoover
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, Herbert Hoover, history, Hoover the Humanitarian, President Harry Truman, President Herbert Hoover, Presidential history, Presidential pensions, The Hoover Dam, US history, White House history
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The Hidden White House: A Book Review
There is an old saying that if somebody asks for the time, you don’t need to tell them how to make a watch. And so it is with The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Hidden White House", American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, history, President Harry S Truman, President Harry Truman, Presidential history, Robert Klara, The Executive Mansion, The White House, White House history
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