To Mark Adams, a particular item on display at the Truman Presidential Library and a snippet from the presidential oath of office administered at the White House on April 12, 1945, help show the ...

When visiting the Little White House in Key West, President Harry Truman liked to have breakfast at Shorty’s Diner on Duval Street. Shorty’s closed in 1989, and Key West has changed through the ...

Four days before Harry S. Truman’s 140th birthday ... Byron Constance, a 97-year-old sculptor, spent the last nine months creating a large bronze statue of the young, former president at ...

After Yemen's Huthi rebel group claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on the USS Harry S. Truman carrier group in ...

The modern traditions of St. Patrick’s Day giftings at the White House began in 1952 when the Irish ambassador to the United States sent a box of shamrocks to President Harry Truman (whose ...

In 1952, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered government seizure of the steel industry to avoid a general strike. In 1960, the ...

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks ...

Four days before Harry S. Truman's 140th birthday, the former president was honored in his hometown of Independence, Missouri on Saturday with the unveiling of a new statue created by 97-year-old ...