Birthdays

Two men on left unidentified, Tom Evans, Former President Harry S. Truman, James P. McGranery, United States Attorney General, and Jesse M. Donaldson, Postmaster General, attend the luncheon honoring Mr. Truman on his 73rd birthday in Kansas City. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson Nugent and Patrick Lyndon Nugent with birthday cake on the White House lawn. From a leather bound album of 22 photos of President Johnson and family at the White House. A gift from President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated) celebrates his 83rd birthday at his home at 219 North Delaware, Independence, Missouri. Standing behind President Truman are: Andy Gray, John Snyder, Georgia Neese Clark Gray, and former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman. This is a photograph of an original photo with an autographed matte. The autograph reads "For Georgia and Andy from Bess W. Truman and Harry Truman".

Former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman seated in a chair at the Truman home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, on the occasion of the 83rd birthday of Harry S. Truman. This is a photograph of an original photo with an autographed matte. The autograph on the matte reads: "For Georgia and Andy from Bess W. Truman." Georgia is Georgia Neese Clark Gray, former Treasurer of the United States during the Truman administration and Andy is her husband.

Former President Harry S. Truman seated in a chair at his home at 219 North Delaware, Independence, Missouri, on the occasion of his 83rd birthday. Standing behind him is Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman. This is a photograph of an original photo with an autographed mat. The autograph reads "For Georgia and Andy from Bess Truman and Harry Truman". Georgia is Georgia Neese Clark Gray, former Treasurer of the United States during the Truman administration, and Andy is her husband. From: Judy Grant.

The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was honored on the 203rd anniversary of his birth in ceremonies at the Jefferson Memorial. Photo shows the massing of colors around a statue of Jefferson. The actual birthday of the country's third President was April 2nd, but it is observed on the 13th due to a revamping of calendars in the 1700's. From: Beth Gore.

Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull is pictured at Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, at work writing his memoirs. Hull, who will celebrate his 76th birthday on October 2, resigned as Secretary of State in November 1944 when his health collapsed and since has been intermittently under medical care. From: Beth Gore

Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull celebrated his 77th birthday at the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda. A birthday cake was baked in the hospital's kitchen and flowers, letters and telegrams poured into the hospital all day. The veteran statesman is shown here as he posed informally for photographers in his room at the hospital From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman (left) offers a slice of birthday cake to two kittens sent to him at the White House as a present for his 61st birthday. General Harry Vaughan holds the cats while Commodore James Vardaman holds the crate the cats arrived in.

Harry S. Truman Library archivist J.R. Fuchs (left) watches Bessie Taylor (right) cutting former President Harry S. Truman's 75th birthday cake.