Upcoming Events
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"Of White Ashes" by Constance Hays Matsumoto and Kent Matsumoto
Aug 6, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Author Event: Matt Stewart, Fox 4 "The Kansas City Royals"
Aug 8, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Teacher Appreciation Event
Aug 9, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Civil War Symposium
Aug 17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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"Presidential Grave Hunter" by Kurt Deion
Aug 22, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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"Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey's Cold War" by Barry Werth
Sep 5, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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"Awakening of the Spirit of America" by Paul M. Sparrow
Oct 17, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
![Upset! Truman and the 1948 Election](/sites/default/files/styles/w800/public/2024-05/unnamed%20%284%29.png?itok=e1uLSHM8)
With the world watching the pivotal 2024 election, a new Truman Library exhibition recalls the biggest political upset in U.S. history. Promising Americans a “Fair Deal” while campaigning against a “do-nothing Congress,” Truman changed the nation’s tune—from MILD to WILD about Harry.
A new temporary exhibition, UPSET! Harry Truman and the 1948 Election, allows visitors to travel back in time to see how the most stunning surprise in U.S. presidential election history came about. The exhibit, which includes over 100 artifacts, original political cartoons, interactive displays, diary entries, photographs, and videos, opens May 30, 2024, and runs through February 1, 2025, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Missouri.