Sometimes an “S” is just an “S” When Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, his parents decided to name him Harry, after his mother’s brother Harrison Young.  But what about a middle name?  Should it be Shipp, in honor of his paternal grandfather, Anderson Shipp Truman?  Or should it be Solomon, in honor of his maternal grandfather, Solomon Young? In the end, they entered his middle name as simply S, which led to a never-ending controversy about Harry S. Truman’s middle name. Read more. Here’s President Truman behind his Oval Office desk sign - “The Buck Stops Here.”
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Sometimes an “S” is just an “S”

When Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, his parents decided to name him Harry, after his mother’s brother Harrison Young.  But what about a middle name?  Should it be Shipp, in honor of his paternal grandfather, Anderson Shipp Truman?  Or should it be Solomon, in honor of his maternal grandfather, Solomon Young?

In the end, they entered his middle name as simply S, which led to a never-ending controversy about Harry S. Truman’s middle name. Read more.

Here’s President Truman behind his Oval Office desk sign - “The Buck Stops Here.”

Source: trumanlibrary.org

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