Congresses and conventions

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and an unidentified veteran from Newport, Tennessee, relax on a couch at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with an unidentified veteran from Newport, Tennessee, at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) chats with an unidentified veteran from Newport, Tennessee, at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) chats with an unidentified veteran from Newport, Tennessee, at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with an unidentified woman at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) poses with three unidentified veterans at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) chats with an unidentified veteran from Iowa at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) chats with an unidentified veteran from Iowa at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) chats with an unidentified man (left) and Louis H. Renfrow (right) of Clayton, Missouri, at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) chats with an unidentified man (left) at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. On the right is Louis H. Renfrow. From: Donald M. McSween.