Harry S. Truman - Lamar, MO
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N 37° 29.683 W 094° 16.652
15S E 387068 N 4150521
Recognition of his election to Vice-President...
Waymark Code: WMXK2N
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2018
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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
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.