We were very Presidential today while visiting the Harry S. Truman home and library in nearby Independence, Missouri. No photos allowed inside the home.
The outside of the Harry S. Truman visitor center.
Our day started off with a visit to the Harry S. Truman Historical Site Visitor Center. Here you purchase tickets for a visit to the Harry S. Truman home. This is run by the National Park Service – so if you have an annual pass, or a senior citizen pass, it’s free for you and your group. Yes, that’s my Dad sitting on the bench with my cousin (and his niece) Carla. She and her husband were gracious enough to let us spend a couple nights in their lovely home.
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.
This is the main foyer inside the entrance to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. It is run by another group, including the National Archives, so it is a separate entrance fee from the house. Don’t you love the mural on the wall?
Always loved this about Harry Truman.
Yep, that’s the one that was on his desk while he was President of the United States.
The Oval Office.
The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library has a replica of how the Oval Office looked when he was President.
A memorial flame.
This memorial flame is in the garden in the middle of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.
Serenity in a Presidential Library.
Harry S. Truman liked to walk, so the garden has a nice straight pair of walking paths.
A great quote from President Harry S. Truman.
Harry’s office.
This was the office former President Harry S. Truman worked out of at the library after he left public service. He would work there daily. He would even take people on tours throughout the library himself at times.
Final resting place.
Harry S. Truman and his beloved wife Bess are buried here in the garden of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.
Home is where the heart is.
This is the home where Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess lived. A simple home, yet stately.
Colors
The colors of the leaves frame perfectly this home up the street from the Harry S. Truman home. And it has a FRONT PORCH!
A front porch.
This home up the street from the Harry S. Truman home as a great FRONT PORCH!
Fallen leaves
I love the colors of the leaves fallen from the trees in Autumn here in Independence, Missouri.
Dad and me.
Dad and I on the front steps of the Harry S. Truman home in Independence, Missouri.
An odd bit of architecture.
This is a church in Independence, Missouri.
Up Dogs
We decided to have a snack in a place called “Up Dogs” in the central plaza of Independence, Missouri. Yes it served a variety of hotdogs and we ate at the counter. Left to right that is my Dad, James Eades, myself, and my cousin Carla Eades Krebs.
Time to rest.
It was an enjoyable day, if a bit cold. So, Dad decided to rest for a while in an easy chair and two of my cousin’s dogs decided to join him.
That night we enjoyed going to a hockey game with them.
Tomorrow it is on to Marceline, Missouri – the boyhood home of Walt Disney and more two-lane highways.
