Harry Truman, Leader Of The Freeway

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    I like freeways and who doesn’t when one is taking a long trip? Uh, most of the towns on Rt. 66.
     
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    YouTube has a really good documentary regarding the history & sights of Rt. 66. If I could drive, I would be willing to take a big road trip all by myself. I can't think of anything I would enjoy more.
     
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    I think Truman was a great president.
     
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    Happy 100th wedding anniversary, Harry and Bess Truman, June 28, 1919

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    When Truman left office, he and his wife took a train home, traveling coach, with no Secret Service protection. His only income was his pension from the army. I think it was because of his plight that the presidential retirement plans were introduced. While in office, he answered the phone himself.
     
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    Watch it there, Harry, don't get too close now.
     
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    He also kept a roll of stamps in his desk drawer, and when writing a personal letter, he would lick the stamp and put it on his envelope. "The Government has no damned business with my personal mail"!
     
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    He'd be a republican today.
     
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    @Nancy Hart, the Democrats have always been the party of racists. The Republican Party was created as an anti-slavery party, and Republicans have always been more supportive of equal rights for minorities than Democrats have.
     
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    Truman Sites & Frontier Trails in Historical Independence, Missouri

    "As a devoted Chrysler man, Truman purchased two 1941 Chryslers, a coupe for himself and a sedan for Mrs. Truman, upon his 1940 senatorial reelection. Also on display is a 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan limousine from a fleet of cars leased to the government by Ford Motor Company."
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