Ground breaking ceremonies

Left to right: Robert Landry, Missouri Senator Stuart Symington, and former President Harry S. Truman stand at the ground breaking ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Library. They are in Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with a guest at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. They are at Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Basil O'Connor at the podium during the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking ceremony at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman, seated and smiling at left, with guests at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. From left to right: Mr. Truman, Mrs. Edwin Pauley, Edwin Pauley, Mary Jane Truman, and Randall Jessee. They are in Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman sits with guests at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking ceremony. Left to right: Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Ed Pauley; Ed Pauley; Mary Jane Truman. They are at Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman, seated and smiling in left foreground, with guests at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking ceremony. Mrs. Ed Pauley and Ed Pauley are seated in background. They are at Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Harry S. Truman, seated and smiling, with guests at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pauley are seated at right in background.

Harry S. Truman seated with Basil O'Connor and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pauley at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Library. They are in Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Left to right: Harry Jobes, Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, Tom Evans and Paul M. Butler at Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. They are in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and his friend Tom Evans (Kansas City businessman) with a shovel at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. It was held in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.