The Buck Stops Here!

A Presidential Library has been on Pat's bucket list for a long time. The Harry S Truman Presidential Library and Museum was not too far off our route and made a perfect place to stop and stretch our legs on an 8 hour drive day.

I was most moved by President Truman's constant consideration of right vs wrong. He had so many incredibly difficult choices to make. He made some compromises he didn't like but he owned his decisions . No ego, the man just served his country. He did what he thought best for our country and it's people.

I thoroughly enjoyed the 3.5 hours we spent here and we will definitely visit more Presidential Libraries. The museum was high quality with many engaging exhibits.

Dinner and the Truman movie tonight...

From Pat
It was powerful. It wasn't just the bomb, it was segregation, the Israeli state, rebuilding Europe and Japan, the red threat and the ever present - corruption.

I cannot emphasize how well this museum was done. I was aware of a lot of it, but it is laid out so well. The most jolting to me was the graph of WWII deaths by country.

The USA lost 405,000 lives. Which country lost the most lives in the war?

The Soviet Union 25 million, China 15 million, Germany 7 million. Countries run by tyrants who did not care about the cost -- human life.

On the upward side of emotion, seeing President Trumans office (not a replica but his actual office) was cool. After he left the presidency, he worked a full-time schedule on this site.

A truly decent human.

The Oval Office replica was neat with a tour in President Truman's own voice was neat. And I regret that neither of us took pics of his cars, but we enjoyed that too.もっと詳しく