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.
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.
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"!
I disagree, Bill. ..Harry S. Truman's Executive Order Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
@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.
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."