• Missouri,  presidents

    Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Mo.

    Following his departure from the presidency in 1953, Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess returned to Independence, Mo.  So it was only natural that his presidential library would be built in the city where he lived most of his life. On a hill overlooking the Kansas City, Mo., skyline, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum was dedicated on July 6, 1957.  The dedication included the Masonic Rites of Dedication, as Truman received the 33rd degree of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.  Former president Herbert Hoover along with Chief Justice Earl Warren and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt attended the ceremony. In addition to the library…

  • Missouri,  presidents

    Harry S. Truman Burial Place in Independence, Mo.

    Following his departure from the presidency in 1953, Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess returned to Independence, Mo., where they lived at the house owned by Bess’s mother.  He penned a two-volume memoir that were a commercial and critical success.  Truman remained active in politics and campaigned for Democratic senatorial candidates on a regular basis. In December 1972, Truman was admitted to a hospital in Kansas City, Mo., after suffering from pneumonia.  He died weeks later on Dec. 26, 1972, from multiple organ failure after being in a coma.  He buried the following day at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Mo. Grave of the…