With the rise of steamship travel in the 19 th century and into the 20 th century, passenger lists were a central feature of ...

Harry Truman served as a senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and chaired this new committee that came to be best known as “The Truman Committee.” Here is a link to a video describing a new book, ...

With little preparation after FDR’s death, Truman found himself leading the nation with World War II still to be won.

My grandfather Harry S. Truman, who was sworn in as president after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, had inherited a worldwide catastrophe. Although World War II would end in the ...

User-Created Clip by mcgorry April 8, 2024 2024-04-06T19:38:09-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d62/1712624446.jpgNPR Senior Editor Steve Drummond talked about ...

Independence’s own Harry Truman is being honored for his role in creating the international alliance that the Russia-loving ex-president wants to tear apart. Courtesy of the Harry S. Truman ...

That makes him the best president in my lifetime since Harry S. Truman, who also had to step into his own ungodly mess, with a different tiger to take by the tail. And he also rolled up his ...

The scholarship, awarded by the Harry S. Truman Foundation, supports the graduate education and personal development of accomplished undergraduates committed to public service leadership. A native of ...

It was 10:30 in the evening on April 8, 1952, that President Harry S. Truman announced on national TV and radio that he had seized control of the U.S. steel industry. The nation was in the grips ...

That makes him the best president in my lifetime since Harry S. Truman, who also had to step into his own ungodly mess, with a different tiger to take by the tail. And he also rolled up his ...

In this lesson, students will hear from author and NPR Senior Editor Steve Drummond as he discussed the 1940s Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman that examined the ...