The Marshall Plan is born
The purpose of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, known as the Marshall Plan, was to restore sound economic conditions in European countries following the...
“The most dangerous type of work”
In this formally classified memo to President Harry S. Truman, William J. Donovan, head of the Office of Strategic Services, informs the President that the...
Welcome Home
President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman on the porch of their home in Independence, Missouri, in 1953, after he left the presidency. President Truman was proud...
Young Harry
Harry S. Truman is 13 years old in this 1897 photograph. Truman, a future Senator and President, was born in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884. Young Harry was avid reader and...