Harry S. Truman Home, Snow, Independence, Missouri Poster

"Harry S. Truman Home in Snow, Independence, Missouri" by Catherine Sherman. In 1953, after serving nearly eight years as President, Harry S. Truman went home with his wife Bess to 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri, where they had lived together since their marriage in 1919. Mr. Truman lived more like a retired mayor than a former President, according to the National Park Service. Upon leaving the White House, he had no Secret Service protection, often drove his own car, and sometimes helped with the dishes. Ordinary citizens lined the front gate each morning hoping for an autograph, a handshake, or just a tip of his hat. Mr. Truman obliged them. “I realize they’ve come to see the striped mule of Missouri, and I don’t want them to be disappointed.” Tours are available in Truman's home, which is the heart of Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. The Harry S. Truman National Historic Site preserves the longtime home of Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United States, as well as other properties associated with him in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area. The centerpieces of the site, which is operated by the National Park Service, are the Truman Home in Independence and the Truman Farm Home in Grandview, although it also includes the Noland home of Truman's cousins and the George and Frank Wallace homes of Bess Truman's brothers. The site was designated a National Historic Site on May 23, 1983.