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| Truman Library |
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| Kate and Harry |
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| Truman Grave Site |
The life-long Truman Home
The Truman home, which had been Bess' childhood home, and their home after Harry and Bess married, was, and is today, very simple. It's comfortable, and fit for a family. The only sign that a former President lived there was a set of White House china in a corner cabinet. More typical of the home was a dish of toy marbles, a child's marbles, that the National Park Service had fished out of the basement furnace after Margret, their daughter, told the NPS about one of her children dropping them down the furnace duct work when he was five years old. Trust me, it looks like your grandmother's house.
Standards placed along Truman's many walking routes
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| Random view downtown Independence |
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| Downtown Independence |
Hair stuff at the Hair Museum
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| Kate and Leila More on Leila's Hair Museum |
After Leila's place, long on our bucket list, we headed a bit further west to KC.
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| View of downtown Kansas City |
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| Union Station of Kansas City 2nd Largest Train Station in US |
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| Interior of Union Station |
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| The World War Memorial |
OK, it's getting late, and we've got miles to go tomorrow. Stay in touch now.
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Kate Says:
Leila and her museum were fascinating. The woman is really into hair! She also has in the museum 2 (that's right, 2) pieces of hair from the Virgin Mary, and 2 pieces of the "True Cross". There are certificates of authenticity from Cardinals and everything. She even has hair from Mary's mom. Who Knew?
Also, I wanted to see Union Station for several reasons. One is because I am fascinated by the story of Fred Harvey and his chain of restaurants and hotels.I learned the whole story of Fred from a book about him that Uncle Markie sent us. Thanks Markie.
I loved everything about our stay here, except for the hordes of young boxers and softball players that have taken over the hotel because of national tournaments in the area.
Last night was all-you-can-eat ribs at the Rib Crib next door. Quite good. The beans (sweet and smokey) side dish was especially good.
On to Sioux Falls today, then Malta, MT, then Cut Bank and Glacier NP. We get to Seattle on August 6.
K.
Kate Says:
Leila and her museum were fascinating. The woman is really into hair! She also has in the museum 2 (that's right, 2) pieces of hair from the Virgin Mary, and 2 pieces of the "True Cross". There are certificates of authenticity from Cardinals and everything. She even has hair from Mary's mom. Who Knew?
Also, I wanted to see Union Station for several reasons. One is because I am fascinated by the story of Fred Harvey and his chain of restaurants and hotels.I learned the whole story of Fred from a book about him that Uncle Markie sent us. Thanks Markie.
I loved everything about our stay here, except for the hordes of young boxers and softball players that have taken over the hotel because of national tournaments in the area.
Last night was all-you-can-eat ribs at the Rib Crib next door. Quite good. The beans (sweet and smokey) side dish was especially good.
On to Sioux Falls today, then Malta, MT, then Cut Bank and Glacier NP. We get to Seattle on August 6.
K.
Hahaha! I cracked up over the TWO pieces of the One True Cross and TWO pieces of Mary's hair. Why she doesn't have two of Mary's mom? What's up with that? And is a piece in this case multiple strands or a single hair? Also I love love love that Cardinals (Not the pope, for example) are in charge of distributing pieces of the True Cross and they want them to be in Kansas.
ReplyDeleteOh, and that's a nice picture of Kate and Harry and Union Station looks very, very cool. .
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