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Besides the Truman home, there are several sites in the area that help to tell the Truman story. The Harry S Truman Library, completed in 1957, includes Truman's papers dating from 1910 as well as exhibits Ten thousand people gathered at the Harry S Truman Railroad Station to welcome the Trumans home in 1953. Inside is an exhibit on Truman's 1948 "Whistlestop " campaign. Truman began his political career as Administrative Judge in 1922, serving in the Jackson County Courthouse. A program about the President's life in the city is shown in the restored Truman Courtroom.
Harry and Bess Truman met in 1890 at the First Presbyterian Church. Trinity Episcopal Church provided the setting for their 1919 marriage, as well as Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel in 1956. The neighborhood surrounding the home, the Harry S Truman National Historical Landmark District, is largely unchanged from the time when the ex-President strolled its sidewalks each day. In Lamar, 122 miles south of Independence, is the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historical Site.
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