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Kansas City Public Library director John Herron talked about Harry Truman’s early political career, the Kansas City Pendergast political machine, and a 1926 offer to the future president to …

Sculptor Tom Corbin talked about creating a statue of President Harry Truman that is designed for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The Truman Library Institute in Independence, Missouri, created th…

The story of the 33rd president’s education was told in the newly renovated Harry Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. He was the only 20th century president who…

Author Candice Millard and Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper III talked about Winston Churchill’s 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech with Washington Post columnist Davi…

Former U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill who, like Harry Truman, served in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from Missouri, recounted her predecessor’s national political career. This program is par…

Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower grew up within 180 miles of each other in America’s heartland. But these two-term presidents and one-time allies diverged politically during the cont…

Military historian D.M. Giangreco talked about Captain Harry Truman’s World War I service, and how it shaped the president who later brought World War II to an end. The Truman Library Instit…

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…