Vintage Photos of Birthday Celebrations at the White House. ... President Truman has some birthday fun in 1948. The newly-installed bowling alley in the White House was his gift for the year. 8 ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — The city of Independence, Missouri, celebrated President Harry S. Truman's 140th birthday on Saturday with a new statue, free photo exhibit and other events.

Still, Truman, who remains the only president to call the Show-Me State home, endorsed an invitation from the leader of Westminster College for Churchill to make a speech.

TRAINING COURSE. IT IS THE PHOTO AND THE MOMENT THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER. THE BANNER ELECTION NIGHT NEWSPAPER HEADLINE FROM. 1948 THAT GOT IT WRONG. 75 YEARS AGO TOMORROW NIGHT, THIS WAS THE FRONT ...