Birthdays

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.

Bessie Taylor cuts former President Harry S. Truman's birthday cake while some of the employees of the Harry S. Truman Library watch. Other people identified in the photo, from left to right, are Harry Clark, James R. Fuchs, Jerry Hess, Sgt. Bill Story, John Curry, Milton Perry, and Phil Lagerquist.

A picture of former President Harry S. Truman's birthday cake.

Former President Harry S. Truman's birthday cake.

In Ottumwa, Iowa, President Harry S. Truman (left) chats with Harriet Lester, 7, and Loren L. McCullough, 7, of the American Home Finding Association, a local orphanage, who presented him with a cake baked by an AFL Baker's Local on the occasion of his 66th birthday. From: Loren McCullough.