Harry Truman’s Adorable Love “List” to His Wife, Bess As a celebration of 38 years of marriage, the former president shared his memories, both fond and bittersweet, from each anniversary ...

Gene Bane ©Stars and StripesAlgeciras, Spain, June, 1958: Former President Harry S Truman holds court aboard the liner Independence during a brief stop at Algeciras. Truman and his wife, Bess ...

President Harry S. Truman is sworn in as president of the United States. Standing in the foreground from left to right are Mr. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman.

The home dates all the way back to 1867, built by Bess Truman's grandfather, George Porterfield Gates. After her father's death in 1903, Bess and her mother, Margaret "Madge" Wallace, moved into ...

Bess Wallace Truman was in the thick of the new social season. In less than a month, the First Lady had I) entertained no Washington newswomen at a White House buffet supper; 2) gone to an ice show ...