Harry Truman

The Neck neighborhood was in the center of historic Independence, Missouri, and housed the biggest Black community in the city. When the Harry S. Truman Library was built to honor the president, urban renewal policies he put in place destroyed the neighborhood.

The Neck neighborhood was in the center of historic Independence and housed the biggest Black community in the city. When the Harry S. Truman Library was built to honor the president, urban renewal policies he put in place destroyed the neighborhood.

Artist Tom Corbin was chosen for the job by a committee that included members of the Truman family. His statue of the 33rd president, who was from Independence, Missouri, was dedicated this week.

A new biography on Truman shows that despite being shunned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the then vice-president would go on to have a successful presidency of his own.

As presiding judge of the Jackson County Court, Harry Truman pushed through a bond issue in 1928 that led to the construction of Rural Jackson County Emergency Hospital on a one-time farm the court purchased in the mid-1800s for $1,000.

After nearly two years and $29 million in renovations, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is back open for business.

The complex has completed its first major renovation in more than 20 years and the largest since the museum opened in 1957.

President Harry S. Truman faced issues America continues to wrestle with today; civil rights, foreign policy, and Israel among them.

Two years and $29 million have transformed the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum and the continuing influence of President Truman's policy decisions.

Each state gets to honor two citizens with statues in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. In 2022, one of Missouri's contributions will be a statue of President Harry S. Truman.

How the bond the two world leaders formed out of the public view helped them work out international policies.

An analysis of Harry Truman's relationship with Winston Churchill and a preview of what the Kansas City Parks and Recreation has planned for 2021.