Journalists, friends and colleagues recall Harry S. Truman’s remarkable upset of New York Governor Thomas Dewey for the 1948 presidential election.
“I sit here in this old house and work on foreign affairs, read reports, and work on speeches — all the while listening to the ghosts walk up and down the hallway and even right in here in the study.” Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, began … Continue reading
Reporters ask former U.S. President Harry S. Truman how he feels about the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Truman’s response: “I was very much shocked and hurt when I heard. He was a good man, an able President and he did a good job. And it’s … Continue reading
President Harry S. Truman gives a speech about the ‘unity of determination’ and ‘finding a way to end war’ at the San Francisco Conference on June 26, 1945.
Hear President Harry S. Truman’s address about the importance of implementing of the Marshall Plan after the end of World War II. Truman signed the Marshall Plan on April 3, 1948, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries affected by the war.
Senator Joseph McCarthy sent a telegram to President Harry S. Truman on February 11, 1950, two days after giving a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia that claimed more than 200 members of the State Department were card-carrying members of the Communist party. In his telegram, McCarthy reiterates that he has … Continue reading
