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.

Harry Truman was the only U.S. president in the 20th century who didn’t earn a college degree. But that doesn’t mean Truman wasn’t well-educated or well-read.

Gene Bane ©Stars and StripesAlgeciras, Spain, June, 1958: Former President Harry S Truman holds court aboard the liner Independence during a brief stop at Algeciras. Truman and his wife, Bess ...

Truman, born in Lamar, is Missouri's only president. He died Dec. 26, 1972, at the age of 88. I told the public relations person that seeing as I live and work in Springfield, I would need story ...

One of the most exclusive two-lane bowling alleys in America, the Harry S. Truman Bowling Alley entertains thousands of White House staffers and their guests each year. President Truman, for whom ...

Photos: Margaret Truman Daniel "I feel that I've lived several different lives and that was one of them," she said in 1980. "Some of it was fun, but most of it was not.