History Happy Hour with Archivist Tammy Williams
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Independence, MO
Friday, June 8, 2018 - 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CDT
He first saw her in Sunday school at the age of six. "She had golden curls and ... beautiful blue eyes," he recalled. They graduated from high school together in 1901, but went their separate ways until becoming reacquainted nine years later in 1910. Then Harry Truman began his first and longest campaign?to win the heart of Bess Wallace. Archivist Tammy Williams will tell the story of the Trumans' love and devotion to each other through the letters they exchanged over their nine year courtship and fifty-three years of marriage. Free program, RSVPs capped at 75.
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