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Covered Wagon at Simon Bolivar Statue Dedication Ceremonies

73-2750
Accession Number
73-2750
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338956606
Keywords
Dedications (Monuments, etc.)
Parades
Presidential campaign, 1948
Presidential trips
Presidents
Visitors, Foreign
Visits of state
Wagons
HST Keywords
Missouri - Cities - Bolivar; Truman - Ceremonies - Dedications - Presidency; Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Others; Truman - Trips - Missouri
People Pictured
Gallegos, Romulo, 1884-1969
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
A covered wagon drawn by two white mules passes in front of the reviewing platform (in the distance) on which President Harry S. Truman and President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela were sitting in Bolivar, Missouri. The ceremonies marked the presence of President Truman and his dedication of a statue honoring Simon Bolivar in Bolivar, Missouri.
Date(s)
July 5, 1948