fairly certain Bess Truman wouldn't have wanted a 'big bash'. Interesting woman--married to an interesting and good man.
Truman: Bess Truman's Biography
<Mrs. Harry S. Truman, wife of the 33rd President of the United States, was born on February 13, 1885, at 117 West Ruby Street in Independence, Missouri. The oldest child of David Willock Wallace and Madge Gates Wallace, she was christened Elizabeth Virginia, but throughout her life was called Bess. Her father held several public offices, including County Treasurer, and was Deputy Surveyor in the Kansas City office of the United States Bureau of Customs at the time of his death in 1903.
After her father died, Bess, her mother and three brothers moved into the house of her maternal grandfather, George Porterfield Gates, a co-founder of the successful Independence flour mill, the Waggoner-Gates Milling Company. The Gates' house, located at 219 North Delaware Street, continued to be Bess Wallace's home for the remainder of her life.
An only daughter, Bess Wallace acquired a reputation as a tomboy. "The first girl I ever knew who could whistle through her teeth and bat a ball as far as any boy in the neighborhood," said a classmate. She graduated from Independence High School in 1901 in the same class as Harry S. Truman and later studied language and literature at Barstow, a girl's finishing school in Kansas City, Missouri. After completing school Bessie Wallace, as she was often referred to in the social columns of the Independence paper, stayed at home with her widowed mother and helped run the household.
In 1917, Miss Wallace 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."
The Trumans were married in Independence, on June 28, 1919, in Mrs. Truman's church, the Trinity Episcopal. The previous month Mr. Truman had received his discharge from the Army after serving overseas in World War I. Their only child, Mary Margaret, was born on February 17, 1924.
In 1934, the family moved to Washington, DC when after serving his political apprenticeship in local politics, Mr. Truman was elected United States Senator from Missouri. During the next ten years while Truman served as Senator, Mrs. Truman and Margaret stayed in Washington from January through June, while Congress was in session, and in Independence during the remainder of the year
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do such people still exist? I wonder.
I'm afraid I may never vote 'for' any candidate for POTUS again. might vote 'against' --if I choose to vote at all.
neither party seems to be able to measure up to my expectations.
lol--if Jeb Bush runs--I could vote for him. His mother doesn't want him to run--her sons seem inclined to make their own decisions. I assume both of their parents are 'responsible' for that. There are other Bushes--maybe they are the best that we've got.
sure do like George H.W. Bush--lol. I just like him.
My aunt looked something like Barbara and I suspect was like her in many other ways. She knew 'what's what'. Raised some great kids. Southern Dems--killed them to become Republicans. No choice--when the Democratic party began to radically change.
maybe somewhere there is an unknown member of the GOP that can 'save' this sinking ship. SOS---SOS--SOS. somebody please. can't stand much more.
