The Buck Stops Here! The Life of Harry S. Truman

Historian Jim Gibbons will present the life of the Missouri farmer, Harry S. Truman, who became our 33^rd President of the United States. Determination and persistence were the keys to Truman’s success. This includes the gaining of his wife’s hand in marriage, the dropping of the Atomic Bomb, the firing of General Douglas McArthur, and the “whistle-stop, give ‘em hell speech campaign.” When all the press, the pollsters, and even his mother-in-law felt that he had no chance, Truman overcame all odds to achieve the presidency in his own right. Mr. Gibbons will show that even though unanimously the politicians, the press, and the pollsters   acclaimed Thomas E. Dewy was the sure presidential winner, the voters were wild about Harry!