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   Dec 26, 2022 · Early on Wednesday afternoon, eight military pallbearers carried the former president’s casket from the funeral home to a hearse, their path flanked by 44 soldiers. The hearse then traveled the 15 blocks from the funeral home to the Truman Museum.

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3. www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org › trumans-funeralPresident Truman's Funeral - Truman Library Institute

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   The body of former President Harry S. Truman arrives at the George C. Carson Funeral Home in Independence, Missouri. (December 26, 1972) Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Carson (Carson Funeral Home) and staff member Helen Luckey (standing) discuss details of the funeral of former President Harry S. Truman.

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   (29 Dec 1972) Funeral rites for Harry S Truman 33rd President of the United StatesFind out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:...

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5. www.trumanlibrary.gov › movingimage-records › mp2007Ex-President Truman’s Death and Funeral and footage of 1961 ...

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   Administrative Information. Miscellaneous news footage and press conferences by medical staff regarding Truman's last illness at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Views of the Truman Home flag at half staff; the funeral procession from the George Carson Funeral Home in Independence, Missouri, en route to the Truman Library ...

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   The burial service of former President Harry S. Truman takes place in the courtyard of the Truman Presidential Library. Father John H. Lembcke, Jr. presides as officiating minister. Bess W. Truman and Margaret Truman Daniel are seated near the head of the casket.

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   Dec 26, 2022 · The news apparently compelled many visitors to leave their homes and drive by the familiar white Victorian home that, since 1953, had housed the Kansas City area’s most prominent resident. But Truman’s death had not been a shock, as he had been in precarious health for weeks.

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   Did president Truman have a funeral?

   • Funeral services and burial in the Truman Library courtyard, in a spot he personally selected, were conducted on December 28. Since that moment and those ceremonies, President Truman’s reputation for decisiveness and straight talk have made him one of the most respected and frequently quoted former Presidents.

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   How many soldiers were at the Truman funeral in Independence?

   • But even in its abbreviated form, the Truman funeral in Independence involved 3,000 soldiers. Of those, about 300 members of Battery D of the Missouri national guard reported right away. Their first responsibility was to stand guard during the repose period of Tuesday and Wednesday outside the Carson Chapel funeral home in Independence.

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   How did photographers prepare for President Truman's funeral?

   • Photographers and television camera crews set up cameras on the roof of the Truman Library during preparations for President Truman’s funeral. (December 26, 1972) A view of the Truman Library courtyard, prepared for the former president’s burial.

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   How old was Harry Truman when he died?

   • The next morning they received Wallace Graham’s telephone call informing them of Harry Truman’s death. To the press, physicians attributed the former president’s passing to a “complexity of organic failures causing collapse of the cardiovascular system.” He was eighty-eight years old.

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   Where is Truman buried?

   • Early in the discussions Truman had announced that he didn’t want his body to be taken to Washington to lay in state in the Capitol rotunda. Neither did he want to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. “I would like to be buried out there,” he said one day at his Truman Museum office, pointing out the window to the museum courtyard.

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   What happened at the Truman Museum?

   • When the hearse arrived at the Truman Museum’s south portico at 1:15 p.m., 21 Air Force jets roared overhead. That afternoon, President Richard Nixon and former president Lyndon Johnson flew into separate airports and paid visits to the Truman Museum within minutes of one another. But Operation Missouri was not long on limousines.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harry_SHarry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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   In one of his first acts as vice president, Truman created some controversy when he attended the disgraced Pendergast's funeral. He brushed aside the criticism, saying simply, "He was always my friend and I have always been his."