Hadley K. Irwin

Birthplace of Harry S. Truman in Lamar, Missouri, with the monument in the foreground. From: Missouri Park Board.

A crowd gathers to listen to speeches during the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Former President Harry S. Truman and others look at the Truman Shrine Memorial placed in front of his birth home in Lamar, Missouri. Left to Right: Leland Cox, unidentified, Harry S. Truman. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Former President Harry S. Truman heads up the table at the Birthplace Dedication Banquet in Lamar, Missouri. Man on the far right is Rufus Burrus. All others unidentified. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

A crowd gathers to enter the birth home of Former President Harry S. Truman in Lamar, Missouri. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Truman inspects a hat in one of the rooms of his birth home during the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication in Lamar, Missouri. Left to Right: Harry S. Truman; Leonard F. Haslag, Missouri State Park Board Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

This small building served as the office on the property near the birth home of former president Harry S. Truman. Photo taken during the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony in Lamar, Missouri. This building did not exist at the time Truman was born and was removed in 2001. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) greets others at the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication in Lamar, Missouri. All others are unidentified. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

A crowd listens to a speech made at the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Birthplace Dedication Banquet held in honor of Former President Harry S. Truman by the United Auto Workers Union-C10. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.