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 33rd
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!