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We will not see this again.


Thought you'd enjoy this!
It's one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read.
They won't believe this happened, but it DID.

Harry & Bess
(This seems unreal.)

Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other
42 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.

The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri . His wife had inherited the house from her mother and
father and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.

When he retired from office in 1952 his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying
for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.

After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me.
It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."

Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider
that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."

As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.

Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to
become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale.

Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's
hardly any difference!

I say dig him up and clone him!

If you agree, forward it. If you don't, delete it. I don't want to know one way or the other. By my forwarding it, you know how I feel.

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

wuzblynd Loc: thomson georgia

Now that is a mentor! Honor like that is a rare find anymore.

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

That's why God blessed the Truman's with the most important position in the world at that time!

EL Loc: Massachusetts

"Give 'em Hell, Harry" was the best. He also refused to be called president after he left office. He said the title no longer belonged to him.
Now, each president is called president until they die, just as Hillary Clinton was called Secretary when she no longer was. I hate them doing that. Truman was right. The title no longer belongs to them.

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

I'd rather say MDM secretary than even mention that name Clinton! I

EL Loc: Massachusetts

I suppose you're right!

cesspool jones Loc: atlanta

I think Trump might break that mold

mongo Loc: TEXAS

I'd rather say Snaggle-Puss or Lucretia McEvil!

SEMPER FI

vettelover Loc: Richmond Va

No President is perfect. President Truman had his moments but I have to say, that is a Democrat that at east loved his country and would never compromise his duty. I would even vote for him intodays world.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Truman had a sign on his desk in the Oval Office. "The Buck Stops Here."

Obama probably sent that to England along with the bust of Winston Churchill.