| While visiting a student teacher in Lamar, Missouri, I drove a couple of blocks out of my way to find a little house on a corner. This little white structure was once owned by Harry Truman's parents. In fact, Harry was born in the downstairs bedroom. | |
I stopped in to investigate closer. I had been here before, but this time, the state park office across the street was open. Upon entering, a kind lady named Hannah asked if I would like a tour. Happily, I followed her across to the house, and she unlocked the door.
The quaint little abode was just a lovely, humble house in a humble small American town. Harry only lived here for a short time before the family moved. Ultimately, he served the military machine during World War I, was elected vice president of the United States, and even became president when Roosevelt died in office, leaving Harry to make some of the most difficult presidential decisions in all of history.
| There is a well, a smokehouse, and an outhouse behind and beside the house. The well is 30 feet deep and was hand-dug. Additionally, there are some concrete monuments in the yard (pictured above). Naturally, however, I was interested in the small marker in the grass behind one of the displays. The marker claims that the tree behind it is the result of a seedling produced by a tree that George Washington planted at his Mount Vernon mansion in Virginia. | |
