Speeches, addresses, etc.

At Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman sits at the dinner table listening to an unidentified officer introduce him as the main speaker. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony in Lamar, Missouri. Seated, left to Right: Leonard Woodcock, Vice President of United Auto Workers Union; Governor James Blair; Stuart Symington; Randall Jessee. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony. Row 1: (right to left) Randall Jessee, unidentified, Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan, Senator Stuart Symington, unidentified. All others are unidentified. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the dedication of his birth home during the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony. Seated behind Truman on the left is Randall Jessee. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

At the Library of Congress, an unidentified man stands at the podium and speaks at Constitution Day ceremonies marking the permanent sealing of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. This is possibly Luther Evans, the Librarian of Congress, who also attended this event.

Senator Theodore Francis Green stands at the podium and speaks at Constitution Day ceremonies held at the Library of Congress marking the permanent sealing of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson stands behind the podium and speaks at Constitution Day ceremonies at the Library of Congress. Afterwards the original documents on which are written the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are to be permanently sealed.

President Harry S. Truman speaking at the Library of Congress on the 164th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. After he spoke, the President witnessed the permanent sealing of the original documents on which are written the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The other men are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman makes a few remarks from behind the podium at a Young Democrats of Kansas Convention banquet held at the Town House Hotel in Kansas City, Kansas. Also at the dinner table are (left to right) Richard Shannon, President; Richard Murphy, Executive Secretary, and Mrs. Richard Shannon. From: Richard D. Shannon.

Former First Lady Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt giving a speech at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library. Also seen in the pictured, but slightly obscured, is Herbert Hoover (front left in hat) and former President Harry S. Truman (left of Mr. Hoover). Seated behind Mrs. Roosevelt is Chief Justice Earl Warren.