Award presentations
Harry S. Truman holding Civil War Centennial Memberships
Former President Harry S. Truman and Dr. Bert Maybee, right, hold Civil War Centennial Commission Honorary memberships presented today to Mr. and Mrs. Truman. The national memberships were presented by Dr. Maybee, Kansas City, President of the Missouri State Civil War Centennial Commission. Honorary memberships also went to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and former President Herbert Hoover. Presentation was at the Harry S. Truman Library. From: Houston Post.
Truman presenting Medal of Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to Conant
President Harry S. Truman, center, presenting Dr. James B. Conant, at right, with the Medal of Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. Dr. Vannevar Bush stands watching at left.