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President Truman's Independence Day Address Delivered at the Home of Thomas Jefferson

President Harry S. Truman's Independence Day address delivered at Thomas Jefferson's home. The President spoke at 1:30 p.m. from the east portico of Monticello near Charlottesville, Va. His opening words referred to William M. Tuck, Governor of Virginia, and Frank Houston, President of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.