President Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the USA came onto his post with FDR's death during that president's unprecedented 4th term in office.Kept out of the loop mostly by FDR while the vice-president, Truman had the job of president land on him suddenly and he soldiered through to successfully prove his critics wrong. Martha and I visited his home in Independence, MO first. Don't find out as we did though, you have to buy the tickets for the tour, which run on a scheduled basis, five blocks away in the visitor center. So, we got our steps in today shall we say. Anyways, a short 10 block walk later, we joined a tour of a people led by a tour guide from the US Park Service. Sorry, no pics of the inside as they were not permitted and the guide made sure that we kept to the specific carpeted path and touched nothing while inside the house. Here's some views of the outside:Across the street from the Truman Home, is the Noland house, which used to house relatives of the Truman family.…
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