Speeches, addresses, etc.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaking (standing at podium) at the dedication of the Liberty Bell Replica. Seated, front row, left to right: Alonzo Gentry; William Randall; unidentified; Bror Unge, Acting French consul in Kansas City, Missouri; W. Wallace Smith.

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) speaks at the Liberty Bell Replica Dedication Ceremony held at the Harry S. Truman Library.

On the speaker's platform, former President Harry S. Truman addresses a crowd gathered for the Ramps Festival in Cosby, Tennessee. The University of Tennessee "Pride of the Southland Band" is in the right foreground. (See 72-1121 to 1187.) From: John S. Stroud.

On the speaker's platform, former President Harry S. Truman addresses a crowd gathered for the Ramps Festival in Cosby, Tennessee. The University of Tennessee "Pride of the Southland Band" is in the right foreground. (See 72-1121 to 1187.) From: John S. Stroud.

With a Certificate of Appreciation lying on the table in front of him, former President Harry S. Truman addresses his dinner companions, officers of Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

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.