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The Society of Presidential Descendants gathered at the Truman Little White House in Key West, Florida, to reflect on how their ancestors exerted political influence during their presidencie…

NPR’s Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman’s bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of …

On the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Berlin airlift, author, political activist, and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov discussed President Harry Truman’s leadership during that crisi…

This talk was on Alice Allison Dunnigan - the first African American female White House correspondent, and Senate and House of Representatives press galleries member. Panelists, including Ms…

Author and journalist Evan Thomas talked about the impact and legacy of U.S. diplomat George Kennan and his “Long Telegram” with Truman Presidential Library director Kurt Graham. On February…

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, has been renovated with new exhibits telling the 33rd president’s life story. Director Kurt Graham talked with …

Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946. He was accompanied by President Harry S. Trum…

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is preparing for upcoming renovations. Director Kurt Graham talked about the role of the library in Independence, Missouri, and how he hop…

Rawn James, author of The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman Desegregated America’s Military, and retired colonel Norma Jean Bradford discussed President Harry Truman’s executive …

H.W. Brands talked about his book The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, in which he examines the contentious relationship between President Harry T…

Clifton Truman Daniel welcomed a Japanese atomic bomb survivor to his grandfather’s presidential library in Independence, Missouri, for the donation of a rare paper crane that became a symbo…