Mural dedication at Harry S. Truman Library

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61-263-49

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Keywords

Artists

Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

Ex-presidents

First ladies

Judges

Presidential libraries

Speeches, addresses, etc.

HST Keywords

Benton, Thomas Hart - Mural Dedication; Benton Mural - Dedication; Truman - Dignitaries - Judicial; Truman - Library - Mural - Liberty Bell - Dedications; Truman - Bess - Dedications - Christenings

People Pictured

Benton, Rita Piacenza, 1896-1975

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975

Grover, Wayne Clayton, 1906-1970

Lloyd, David D. (David Demarest), 1911-1962

Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

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Credit:

Kansas City Star

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Chief Justice Earl Warren speaks at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural is titled "Independence and the Opening of the West." Among those on the speakers platform are Mrs. Rita Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, former President Harry S. Truman, David Lloyd, Dr. Wayne C. Grover, and Bess Wallace Truman. All others are unidentified.

Date(s)

April 15, 1961

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Mural dedication at Harry S. Truman Library