Truman sites
Before visiting any of the Independence sites, stop at the ticket office, 223
N. Main, Independence, Mo., (816) 254-2720.
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, 223 N. Delaware St., Independence,
(816) 254-2720. The family home of Bess Wallace Truman was used as the summer
White House during the Truman administration. Furnishings are the way they were
at the time the Trumans lived in the home. Admittance fee.
The Truman Farm Home, 12301 Blue Ridge Blvd., Grandview, Mo., (816)
761-8972. Farm home where Truman lived from 1906-1917. Admittance fee.
Truman Library and Museum, U.S. Highway 24 at Delaware, Independence,
(816) 833-1400. Fifty years of papers and memorabilia focusing on Truman's political
and family life. Collection of gifts received during his presidency, his piano
used while in Washington and a custom-built Lincoln limousine are displayed
here. A replica of Truman's Oval Office is recently refurbished, and the White
House Gallery is new. Thomas Hart Bent's mural, "Independence and the Opening
of the West" is here. The graves of Harry and Bess are outside the library.
Admittance fee.
Truman Office and Courtroom, Old Courthouse, Historic Independence Square,
Main and Lexington, (816) 888-4470. Audio-visual program explaining Truman's
activities at the site. Admittance fee.
Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, (816) 460-2222. Restored 1914 train
station, second in size only to New York's Grand Central Station. 380,000-square-foot
Beaux Arts design cost $5.7 million when originally built. The 1997-99 restoration
added restaurants, shops, an interactive science museum and theaters.
Vaile Mansion-DeWitt Museum, 1500 N. Liberty St., Independence, (816)
325-7430.
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Truman sites