Harry and Bess Truman wedding photo. June 28, 1919, Independence, Missouri.  Bess was christened Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, but was known as Bess throughout her life.  In 1917, Bess became engaged to Harry S. Truman whom she had known since childhood. President Truman in his Memoirs recalls that when his family moved to Independence in 1890 his mother took him to Sunday school at the First Presbyterian Church. “We made a number of new acquaintances,” he said, “and I became interested in one in particular. She had golden curls and has, to this day, the most beautiful blue eyes. We went to Sunday school, public school from the fifth grade through high school, graduated in the same class, and marched down life’s road together. For me she still has the blue eyes and golden hair of yesteryear.” On this date, which would have been the Truman’s 92nd wedding anniversary, the Truman Presidential Library is opening new segments from Bess Truman’s papers.  More to come on Bess today. -from the Truman Presidential Library
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Harry and Bess Truman wedding photo. June 28, 1919, Independence, Missouri. 

Bess was christened Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, but was known as Bess throughout her life.  In 1917, Bess became engaged to Harry S. Truman whom she had known since childhood. President Truman in his Memoirs recalls that when his family moved to Independence in 1890 his mother took him to Sunday school at the First Presbyterian Church. “We made a number of new acquaintances,” he said, “and I became interested in one in particular. She had golden curls and has, to this day, the most beautiful blue eyes. We went to Sunday school, public school from the fifth grade through high school, graduated in the same class, and marched down life’s road together. For me she still has the blue eyes and golden hair of yesteryear.”

On this date, which would have been the Truman’s 92nd wedding anniversary, the Truman Presidential Library is opening new segments from Bess Truman’s papers.  More to come on Bess today.

-from the Truman Presidential Library

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