Truman Birth Place, Lamar, Missouri, May 17, 2013

The morning of May 17, 2013 James Louis And Roylene took me to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and I left there headed to 1009 Truman Avenue, Lamar, Missouri the birthplace of Harry S. Truman the 33rd President of the United States. This location is a State Historical Site
and has volunteers who provide guided tours through the house.

 

 

Truman Birth Place

Truman Smoke House

Truman Smoke House And Water Well

Outdoor Privy. Guide Standing On The Left

Guide Explains A Shrine Dedicated to President Truman

Memorial To Harry S. Truman

Visitor Center Sign, Lady Blue, Other Truman Property

Not Open For Tourists

 

On May 8 1884, Mrs. Martha Ellen Truman gave birth to a healthy boy

in the downstairs bedroom of a 1 1/2 story farm house in Lamar, Missouri.

The baby was christened just plain " Harry ". Truman added the " S " later in life as he felt it appeared more dignified, He claimed it did not stand for any one name but was a compromise between names of his grandfathers that began with than " S " Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young.  Truman, perhaps joking, once told newspaper reporters that there should not be a period after the S. There is still controversy over using the period even though many surviving documents show that he himself used a period on occasion.

 

John and Martha Truman purchased the tiny house and lot for $685.00 in 1883. It had four rooms downstairs and two upstairs, a smoke house and a well. The family lived in the house in Lamar only a short period of time then relocated to Independence, Missouri. President Truman was present at the dedication of the home as a State Historical Site. In remarks he made he related that they don't do this for a former President until he's been dead for 50 years. I feel like I've been buried and dug up while I'm alive and I'm glad they've done it for me today. The way the house was laid out for tours  it was not good for photographs.

 

That is about all for the Truman birth place. Will leave here and head for Shawnee, Mission Kansas to locate the high school where Patricia and Jamie attended and graduated. Remember God loves you and so do I.