From the Archives | February 10, 2016
PICTURING HISTORY: February 10, 1945
Harry S. Truman had been Vice President of the United States for only a few weeks when he showed up on February 10, 1945, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. He had agreed to take part in a show for some 800 servicemen. For his part of the show, Truman sat down at an upright piano to demonstrate his talent at the keyboard.
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TRU HISTORY | February 9, 2016
Kefauver Defeats Truman
Every four years, presidential hopefuls and political pollsters travel to New Hampshire for the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. In January 1952, however, Harry Truman was not campaigning for another term as president. So how did he come in second in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary?
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This Day In History | February 1, 2016
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On February 1, 1865, President Lincoln signed the Amendment outlawing slavery. Eighty-four years later, President Truman signed a bill declaring February 1 National Freedom Day.
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