Walking

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secret Service agent James Rowley (right) walk near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC.

President Harry S. Truman stopping to shake hands with a well-wisher during a walk in Independence, Missouri. A number of reporters are walking with him, as well as Secret Service agents. This photo was taken between December 23-28, 1949.

President Harry S. Truman walking in the snow packed streets of Independence, Missouri. A number of reporters are walking with him, as well as Secret Service agents. This photo was taken between December 23-28, 1949.

President Harry S. Truman walking on the snow packed sidewalks in Independence, Missouri. He is walking East on Maple past the Memorial Building. A number of reporters are walking with him, as well as Secret Service agents. This photo was taken between December 23-28, 1949.

President Harry S. Truman walking on the snow packed sidewalk in front of his house at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri. He is on the corner of Delaware and Truman. A number of reporters are walking with him, as well as Secret Service agents. This photo was taken between December 23-28, 1949.

President Harry S. Truman walking in the snow-packed streets of Independence, Missouri, December, 1949. A number of reporters are walking with him, as well as Secret Service agents. This photo was taken between December 23-28, 1949.

President Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri, Christmas, 1949. This photo was taken sometime between December 23-28, 1949 outside the President's home at 219 N. Delaware Street.

President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman on the way to the beach during a vacation in Key West, Florida, November 30, 1951. From left to right, in front: President Truman, Margaret, and Captain Cecil Adell. In back from left to right: unidentified Secret Service agent, General Harry Vaughan, Stanley Woodward, Commander Horace D. Warden, and Donald Dawson.

United States Air Force Staff Sergeant Edward Williams (right) of St. Louis, Missouri, exchanges a handshake with his Commander-in-Chief, President Harry S. Truman (left), at a casual meeting during the President's morning walk. Williams had been a soldier in the Air Force nine years at the time of this photograph. Others in the background are unidentified.

An assassination attempt the day before did not keep President Truman from taking his morning walk cane in hand through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. Flanked by unidentified Secret Service men, the Chief Executive is shown walking down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. An automobile is in view beside them.