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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Independence, Missouri – 14 February 2025
1. Close up of presidential seal
2. Truman’s top hat
3. Replica of the Oval Office
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Sowell, Archivist, Harry S. Truman Library:
“The practice of having an official holiday on the third February, in, third Monday in February to have a three-day holiday. They did the same thing with Memorial Day. So instead of celebrating the holiday for the federal government on February 22, they celebrated it on the third Monday in February.”
5. Wide view of Truman library entrance
6. Close up of Truman Library banner
7. Truman statue outside
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Sowell, Archivist, Harry S. Truman Library:
“Sometimes Washington Lincoln or Lincoln Washington day because the birthday of Abraham Lincoln is only ten days apart from Washington’s birthday on February 22, Lincoln’s birthday on February 12. So, to honor both of them they sometimes call it Lincoln Washington day or President’s Day.”
9. Extraordinary journey display inside library
10. Close up of Truman’s Army uniform
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Sowell, Archivist, Harry S. Truman Library:
“It’s a matter of historical remembrance, not necessarily reverence, but remembrance and awareness of history which is important in reminding us of the changes that have occurred in our society and the challenges and crises that have occurred during our history. To remind us I guess perhaps that the problems of today are not necessarily unique.”
12. U.S.S. Missouri seal
13. Dewey defeats Truman newspaper
14. Portrait of George Washington
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Sowell, Archivist, Harry S. Truman Library:
“There is a Missouri holiday on May 8 that applies to some government offices I believe, on Truman’s birthday, May 8. It’s not a matter of the school’s being closed or anything like that, it’s not a holiday on a federal level. But in the state of Missouri, it’s recognized as an occasion.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Topeka, Kansas – 13 February 2025
16. Statue of Abraham Lincoln outside Kansas Capitol
17. Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Independence, Missouri – 14 February 2025
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Sowell, Archivist, Harry S. Truman Library:
“I guess you could argue to some extent that a president, some presidents can be seen as good examples or role models of civic virtue and wisdom and compassion and courage and other qualities that people admire.”
19. Close up of Truman’s chair inside replica of the Oval Office
20. Close up of Franklin D. Roosevelt portrait
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Sowell, Archivist, Harry S. Truman Library:
“Unlike so many people who actively sought the presidency for most of their lives, or for many years anyway. He was actually thrust into the office and so it’s an interesting case study in democracy and citizenship to see how he responded to this. And how he handled the pressure of the presidency coming up on him in such an unexpected manner.”
22. Harry S. Truman quote on the exterior of library
STORYLINE:
Is Presidents Day the nation’s most confusing holiday?
States seem to have as many names for it and ideas about whom to honor as there have been presidents. The federal government doesn’t even recognize Monday as Presidents Day — it’s officially Washington’s Birthday, honoring the first president and the original American yardstick for measuring greatness.
The result is a jumble, causing some people to yearn for the holiday to just celebrate Washington again.
First in war, first in peace, first with a holiday
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