Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

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.

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.

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 Rita Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, former President Harry S. Truman, David Lloyd, and Dr. Wayne C. Grover, and Bess Wallace Truman. All other figures in the crowd are unidentified.

Chief Justice Earl Warren signs the Harry S. Truman Library guest register. Warren arrived to celebrate the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right, Thomas Hart Benton, Dr. Phillip C. Brooks, and Chief Justice Earl Warren prior to the dedication of Benton's mural in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman, Thomas Hart Benton, and Chief Justice Earl Warren pose for pictures prior to the dedication of Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. Part of the mural can be seen in the background.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman, Thomas Hart Benton, and Chief Justice Earl Warren pose for pictures before the dedication of Benton's mural in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural can be seen in the background.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman, Thomas Hart Benton, and Chief Justice Earl Warren pose for pictures before the dedication of Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural can be seen in the background.

From left to right former President Harry S. Truman, Thomas Hart Benton, and Chief Justice Earl Warren pose for pictures before the dedication of Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural can be seen in the background.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman (back turned, in background), Jake More (talking to Truman), Chief Justice Earl Warren, unidentified man, Robert Bolton, Dr. Philip C. Brooks, and Library guard Edward Ingram at the dedication of the Thomas Hart Benton mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.