About This BlogThank you for visiting the website home for Harry S Truman National Historic Site! We would like to use this blog feature to share with you some news, interesting pieces of trivia, photographs, documents, and other things we think you may find useful and fun. We thank you for allowing us the honor of preserving these special places. On this page, too, we will share updates on the park's forthcoming new visitor services center and administrative headquarters! We're excited about this project, which will serve visitors for generations to come. Restoration is underway at the Truman Farm Home.
November 01, 2024
Work is underway to repair the foundations and chimneys at the Truman Farm Home. January 30, 2024---Update on the New Visitor Services Facility and Administrative Headquarters
January 29, 2024
A brief update on the park's new visitor services facility and administrative headquarters---the preliminary design process has begun! A New Visitor Services Facility Is On the Way to Serve Visitors for Years to Come!
August 11, 2023
At long last, the National Park Service and a terrific team of partners are starting the process for a new visitor services facility and administrative headquarters for Harry S Truman National Historic Site. A Most Wonderful Donation to the American People!
July 15, 2022
A valuable real estate donation by the City of Independence will help visitors for decades to come. THANK YOU INDEPENDENCE! We're Back! Here's How We Got There....
April 11, 2022
The Truman Home reopened for tours on April 6, 2022, after being closed for over two years. Here's why, and how we were able to reopen. A New Way to Experience the "Dear Bess and Dear Harry" Letters for You!
January 03, 2022
A different way to explore the "Dear Bess" and "Dear Harry" letters that document the most wonderful presidential romance in American history. Oral Histories Have a New Look...Check Them Out!
September 24, 2021
A new format for our oral history interviews! Mr. Truman's Neighborhood
July 30, 2021
A wonderful historic district in Independence, Missouri, helps preserve the neighborhood Harry Truman loved so dearly. Welcoming Visitors Back to 219 North Delaware Street
June 28, 2021
The staff of Harry S Truman were busy during the COVID closure, and are glad to be with our visitors again. Dewey Defeats Truman?????
October 28, 2020
Why is the 1948 election relevant? Some primary documents show why. These are Challenging Times
March 20, 2020
Seventy-five years ago America was facing consequential challenges. It persevered. Seventy-five years later we face another challenge...we will persevere. Harry S Truman's Mother in Law
January 22, 2020
How many sitting Presidents of the United States lived in the White House with their Mother-in-Law? Harry S Truman was one.... "The Boss" is still present at 219 North Delaware Street
July 23, 2019
One of the most wonderful things to see on your tour of the Truman Home! It's Free to Visit the Truman Home? Really?
July 11, 2019
Why isn't there a fee to tour the Truman Home anymore? "...an ornate thingamabob..."
July 08, 2019
One of the most interesting and wonderful items from the museum collection of the Truman Home. Are you interested in joining Team Truman?
July 05, 2019
Seasonal job opportunity at the Truman Home Harry S Truman NHS and Partners Celebrate the 100th Wedding Anniversary of Bess and Harry Truman
July 05, 2019
Harry S Truman National Historic Site and partners celebrated the 100th wedding Anniversary of Harry and Bess Wallace Truman. 
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Last updated: January 29, 2024