Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site

Historic house in Lamar, Missouri

37°29′37.49″N 94°16′16.35″W / 37.4937472°N 94.2712083°W / 37.4937472; -94.2712083Area2.51 acres (1.02 ha)^[1]Established1957^[2]Visitors4,994 (in 2022)^[3]Governing bodyMissouri Department of Natural ResourcesWebsiteHarry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site

Harry Truman Birthplace Memorial

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

LocationN corner, 11th St. and Truman Ave., Lamar, MissouriCoordinates37°29′43″N 94°16′16″W / 37.49528°N 94.27111°W / 37.49528; -94.27111AreaLess than one acreBuiltc. 1881 (1881)Built byBlethroad, SimonNRHP reference No.69000089Added to NRHPJune 23, 1969

The Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site is a state-owned property in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, preserving the 1+1⁄2-story childhood home of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. The future president was born here on May 8, 1884, in the downstairs southwest bedroom. The home was purchased by the state in 1957 and dedicated as a historic site in 1959 at a ceremony attended by Truman himself.^[4]^[5] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.^[6]

References

^ "Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site: Data Sheet" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. November 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
^ "State Park Land Acquisition Summary". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
^ "Missouri State Park Attendance For January - December, 2022" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. February 3, 2023.
^ "Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
^ Martha L. Kusiak (April 1969). "Harry Truman Birthplace Memorial" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
^ "Harry Truman Birthplace Memorial". NPGallery. National Park Service. Retrieved May 7, 2018.

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Harry S. Truman

33rd President of the United States (1945–1953)
34th Vice President of the United States (1945)
U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935–1945)

Presidency

Timeline
Inaugurations
- first
- second
Assassination attempt
- 1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum
State of the Union Address (1946
1950
1952)
Judicial appointments
- Supreme Court
- Sherman Minton Supreme Court nomination
Cabinet
Truman Balcony
"The buck stops here"
Executive Orders
Presidential Proclamations
Eisenhower transition

Foreign policy	Truman Doctrine Potsdam Conference 1945; Agreement on Europe Declaration to Japan Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945) War Brides Act (1945) Alien Fiancées and Fiancés Act (1946) Luce–Celler Act (1946) Executive Order 9835 (1947) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947) Hoover Commission (1947) National Security Act of 1947 U.S. Department of Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council National Security Resources Board Air Force/Department Central Intelligence Agency Displaced Persons Act (1948) Key West Agreement (1948) Marshall Plan (1948) Joint Long Range Proving Grounds (1949) North Atlantic Treaty 1949; NATO Revolt of the Admirals (1949) Korean War 1950–1953; U.N. Security Council Resolutions 82, 83 Defense Production Act of 1950 Relief of Douglas MacArthur Office of Defense Mobilization 1950; Science Advisory Committee, 1951 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 National Security Agency (1952)
Fair Deal	Medal of Freedom (1945) Revenue Act of 1945 National Mental Health Act 1946; National Institute of Mental Health Atomic Energy Act of 1946 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Employment Act of 1946 Council of Economic Advisers Flood Control Acts 1946 1948 1950 Fulbright Program (1946) Hill–Burton Act (1946) Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act Legislative Reference Service National School Lunch Act (1946) President's Committee on Civil Rights (1946) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1947) Housing and Home Finance Agency (1947) Presidential Succession Act of 1947 Taft–Hartley Act (1947) Agricultural Act of 1948 Executive Order 9981 (1948) Revenue Act of 1948 Agricultural Act of 1949 Housing Act of 1949 Dingell–Johnson Act (1950) Revenue Act of 1950 Excess profits tax Unrelated Business Income Tax Revenue Act of 1951 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 1952 steel strike

Foreign policy

Truman Doctrine
Potsdam Conference
- 1945; Agreement on Europe
- Declaration to Japan
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945)
War Brides Act (1945)
Alien Fiancées and Fiancés Act (1946)
Luce–Celler Act (1946)
Executive Order 9835 (1947)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947)
Hoover Commission (1947)
National Security Act of 1947
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
- National Security Council
- National Security Resources Board
- Air Force/Department
- Central Intelligence Agency
Displaced Persons Act (1948)
Key West Agreement (1948)
Marshall Plan (1948)
Joint Long Range Proving Grounds (1949)
North Atlantic Treaty
- 1949; NATO
Revolt of the Admirals (1949)
Korean War
- 1950–1953; U.N. Security Council Resolutions 82, 83
- Defense Production Act of 1950
- Relief of Douglas MacArthur
Office of Defense Mobilization
- 1950; Science Advisory Committee, 1951
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
National Security Agency (1952)

Fair Deal

Medal of Freedom (1945)
Revenue Act of 1945
National Mental Health Act
- 1946; National Institute of Mental Health
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Employment Act of 1946
- Council of Economic Advisers
Flood Control Acts
- 1946
- 1948
- 1950
Fulbright Program (1946)
Hill–Burton Act (1946)
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
- Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946
- Federal Tort Claims Act
- Legislative Reference Service
National School Lunch Act (1946)
President's Committee on Civil Rights (1946)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1947)
Housing and Home Finance Agency (1947)
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Taft–Hartley Act (1947)
Agricultural Act of 1948
Executive Order 9981 (1948)
Revenue Act of 1948
Agricultural Act of 1949
Housing Act of 1949
Dingell–Johnson Act (1950)
Revenue Act of 1950
- Excess profits tax
- Unrelated Business Income Tax
Revenue Act of 1951
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952
1952 steel strike

Life

Homes

Elections

Legacy

Public image

Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975 play and film)
Harry Truman (1975 song by Chicago)
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976 film)
Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries)
Truman (1995 film)
Truman (1997 documentary film)
The First Lady (2022 TV series)
Oppenheimer (2023 film)

Family

← Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower →

Category

Protected areas of Missouri

Federal

National Parks	Gateway Arch
National Monuments	George Washington Carver
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Harry S. Truman Ste. Genevieve Ulysses S. Grant
National Battlefields	Wilson's Creek
National Wildlife Refuges	Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Loess Bluffs Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Swan Lake Two Rivers
National Forests	Mark Twain
Wilderness Areas	Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Eleven Point River
Other Protected Areas	Ozark National Scenic Riverways

State

State Parks	Babler Sam A. Baker Bennett Spring Big Lake Big Oak Tree Big Sugar Creek Bryant Creek Castlewood Crowder Cuivre River Current River Don Robinson Echo Bluff Elephant Rocks Eleven Point Finger Lakes Graham Cave Grand Gulf Ha Ha Tonka Harry S Truman Hawn Jay Nixon Johnson's Shut-Ins Jones-Confluence Point Katy Trail Knob Noster Lake of the Ozarks Lake Wappapello Lewis and Clark Long Branch Mark Twain Meramec Montauk Morris Onondaga Cave Ozark Mountain Pershing Pomme de Terre Prairie Roaring River Robertsville Rock Bridge Memorial Rock Island Trail Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry Route 66 St. Francois St. Joe Stockton Table Rock Taum Sauk Mountain Thousand Hills Trail of Tears Van Meter Wakonda Wallace Washington Watkins Mill Weston Bend
State Historic Sites	Arrow Rock Battle of Athens Battle of Carthage Battle of Island Mound Battle of Lexington Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Bollinger Mill Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead Boone's Lick Bothwell Lodge Clark's Hill/Norton Confederate Memorial Deutschheim Dillard Mill Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave Felix Vallé House First Missouri State Capitol Fort Davidson Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home Harry S Truman Birthplace Hunter-Dawson Iliniwek Village Jefferson Landing Jewell Cemetery Locust Creek Covered Bridge Mark Twain Birthplace Mastodon Missouri Mines Missouri State Capitol Missouri State Museum Osage Village Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Sappington Cemetery Scott Joplin House Towosahgy Union Covered Bridge Watkins Woolen Mill
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State Forests	List

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