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Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972) Press release of last Presidential Address

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06802 Author/Creator: Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972) Place Written: Washington Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 15 January 1953 Pagination: 6 p. 35.4 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed on page 2. Printed front and back. Discusses events of his presidency including the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the end of WWII and Korea. "I suppose that history will remember my term...as the years when the "Cold War" began to overshadow our lives."

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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