Harry S Truman National Historic Site

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Home to a People's President

Harry Truman’s story is one of hope & frustration, choice & chance. As President, he took the US from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Visitors experience the surroundings HST knew from his formative years as a 22-year-old youth of modest ambition through his retirement and death at age 88 as a former president of the United States.

		Things To Do The Harry S Truman NHS offers guided tours of the farm home where Harry Truman lived between 1906 and 1917. more...

		Site Bulletins A variety of site bulletins are available on Truman-related topics ranging from A Truman Christmas to Preserving a President's Home. more...

		Online Exhibits The site's collection consists of over 53,000 artifacts given to the National Park Service along with the Truman Home in 1983. Our online exhibits discuss a variety of topics and allow you to see artifacts that are not on view during a tour of the home. more...

		Oral History Project This ongoing project was initiated in 1984 with the opening of Harry S Truman NHS. Interviews are conducted with people close to Harry and Bess Truman to gain a better understanding of their life in Independence and Grandview. more...

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Harry S Truman NHS
223 N. Main St.
Independence, Missouri 64050

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Phone

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(816) 254-9929

Fax

(816) 254-4491

Climate

Summer is hot and humid with occasional thunderstorms. Spring and fall are mild with moderate temperatures; rain is possible. Winter can be cold with snow or mixed precipitation.

Harry S Truman National Historic Site

Harry S Truman National Historic Site Information