Truman drove himself home to Independence, MO in his personal automobile after leaving office – no security, no hullabaloo, just Bess and Harry S Truman, citizen.
Yep – and in addition, Truman didn’t go around trying to cash in on his presidency – in fact, his financial condition deteriorated so badly that once it became known back in D.C., Congress passed the act to create a post presidential pension program to ensure former presidents would not face such an indignity.
Hey Mister Fizznews Historian–a good story everyone ought to reminisce about, and timely considering the current events, is the time the “affable” Ronald Reagan made a deal with Iran to have the hostages held until his Inauguration Day. What a guy!
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Truman drove himself home to Independence, MO in his personal automobile after leaving office – no security, no hullabaloo, just Bess and Harry S Truman, citizen.
Yep – and in addition, Truman didn’t go around trying to cash in on his presidency – in fact, his financial condition deteriorated so badly that once it became known back in D.C., Congress passed the act to create a post presidential pension program to ensure former presidents would not face such an indignity.
Hey Mister Fizznews Historian–a good story everyone ought to reminisce about, and timely considering the current events, is the time the “affable” Ronald Reagan made a deal with Iran to have the hostages held until his Inauguration Day. What a guy!
That’d be a great story if it were true. Both the house and senate investigated and both found the allegation to be not credible.