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Harry S. Truman’s Early Years

Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in the farm community of Lamar, Missouri, to John Truman (1851-1914), a livestock trader, and Martha Young Truman (1852-1947).

(Truman’s parents gave him the middle initial S to honor his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young, although the S didn’t stand for a specific name.) 

In 1890, the Trumans settled in Independence, Missouri, where Harry attended school and was a strong student.

As a child, he had to wear thick eyeglasses due to poor vision, and his doctor advised him not to play sports in order to avoid breaking them.

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Truman had hoped to attend the U.S. military academy at West Point, but his eyesight prevented him from gaining admittance.

Did you know? On November 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists tried to assassinate President Truman at the Blair House in Washington, where he was living while the White House was under renovation.

Truman was unharmed, although