Truman Library
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39°06′12″N 94°25′15″W / 39.10333°N 94.42083°WCoordinates: 39°06′12″N 94°25′15″W / 39.10333°N 94.42083°W 500 West U.S. Highway 24 Independence, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Dedicated | July 6, 1957 |
| Named for | Harry S Truman |
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Edward Neild (primary), Gentry and Voskamp |
| Cost | $1,700,000 |
| Management | NARA |
| Website | Truman Library |
The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and resting place of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), located on U.S. Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri. It was the first presidential library to be created under the provisions of the 1955 Presidential Libraries Act, and is one of fourteen presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Built on a hill overlooking the Kansas City skyline, on land donated by the City of Independence, the Truman Library was dedicated July 6, 1957, in a ceremony which included the Masonic Rites of Dedication and attendance by former President Herbert Hoover (then the only living former president other than President Truman), Chief Justice Earl Warren, and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Here, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare Act on July 30, 1965.
On December 11, 2006, Kofi Annan gave his final speech as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the library, where he encouraged the United States to return to the multilateralist policies of Truman.
The lead architect of the project was Edward F. Neild of Shreveport, Louisiana. Truman had picked Neild in the 1930s to design the renovation of the Independence and construction of the Kansas City Jackson County Courthouses after Neild's work on the courthouse in his native Caddo Parish favorably impressed Truman. Neild was among the architects of the Truman White House reconstruction.
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