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President Truman receives a gift from representatives of the American Legion

2012-443
Accession Number
2012-443
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350381494
Keywords
Gifts
Presidential vacations
Presidents
Fraternal organizations
HST Keywords
Florida - Key West; Truman - Awards - Receive - Medals - American Legion; Truman - Gifts - Clothes - Sport Shirts; Truman - Trips - Key West - 1948
People Pictured
Mills, Albert J.
Stirrup, Vance (Vance Cyril), 1920-1976
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Warren, George A.
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Credit:
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

From left to right: Vance Stirrup, Commander, American Legion 10th District; Albert Mills, Past National Committeeman; President Harry S. Truman; and George A. Warren, American Legion Post Commander. They are visiting with President Truman while he is on vacation at Key West, Florida. The gentlemen presented President Truman with Guyaberas (Cuban Irish linen sport shirts) and a gold medal commemorating his visit to the 1948 American Legion Convention. They are on the grounds of the Little White House. (See also 2012-440 and 2013-3178.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Date(s)
November 9, 1948