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Statue of President Harry Truman to be unveiled in U.S. Capitol rotunda this month
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoFormer President Harry Truman will soon stand in the United States Capitol rotunda. A statue of the...
Plug pulled to activate Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb is housed in this Missouri museum
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe history changing artifact is part of a display at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and...
Missouri's president Harry Truman will have statue unveiled in U.S. Capitol rotunda
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe first president born and raised in Missouri will have his statue unveiled later this month in...
First lady Jill Biden to travel to Kansas City to tour the Harry S. Truman Library
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFirst lady Jill Biden will travel to Kansas City on Wednesday to tour the Harry S. Truman...
First lady Jill Biden pays homage to Harry Truman, references Taylor Swift during KC trip
Kansas City Star via AOL· 8 months agoFirst lady Jill Biden’s visit to the Truman Presidential Library and Museum focused on the Missouri...
See a collection of President George W. Bush’s paintings at Truman Library this fall
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoFormer President George W. Bush’s paintings will be on display soon at the Harry S. Truman...
J. Robert Oppenheimer stifled a petition by 70 scientists beseeching President Truman not to use the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLeo Szilard, pictured circa 1945, circulated a petition to other Manhattan Project scientists,...
Things to do in KC: Photos from Hiroshima, John Mellencamp, Gershwin and more
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor more than a decade, Kansas City photographer Katy McCormick explored Japan’s Hiroshima and...
'Oppenheimer' reignites debate: Was the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Japan?
Yahoo News 360· 10 months agoNearly 80 years after the end of World War II, the blockbuster film has added new fuel to a...
He was an Independence teen when Truman died 50 years ago. Now he’s part of the history
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoA Harry S. Truman impersonator from Independence has unearthed some forgotten footage from the days...