KC ORIGINALS by PATRICIA O'DELL
Wild About Harry. Harry S. Truman is ours. Born and raised in Missouri, Truman became the 33rd President of the United States after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt, and while he has devotees around the globe, we hold him as close as neighbor or friend. For the last year, the board and staff of the Truman Library Institute and the Truman Library and Museum in Independence have worked to reimagine and renovate the library and museum that honors Truman’s legacy and his contribution to history. “Harry Truman rose to the occasion, and I think that’s the story that resonates with people,” Kurt Graham, director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum says. “The world is a fundamentally different place because this farmer from Missouri ascended to the highest office in the land. The lines on the map are literally different because of him.”
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