https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/harry-s-truman/RSS feed for Harry S. TrumanenThu, 14 Aug 2025 21:13:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1973-dc-home-rule-act-enabled-the-nations-capital-to-govern-itself-with-congressional-oversight-180987180/Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been around as long as the District of Columbia itselfThu, 14 Aug 2025 21:13:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1973-dc-home-rule-act-enabled-the-nations-capital-to-govern-itself-with-congressional-oversight-180987180/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-presidential-assassination-attempts-andrew-jackson-teddy-roosevelt-180984708/Before last weekend's attack on Donald Trump, would-be assassins unsuccessfully targeted Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and seven other sitting presidents or candidates for officeWed, 17 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-presidential-assassination-attempts-andrew-jackson-teddy-roosevelt-180984708/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/democratic-national-convention-1948-missing-link-civil-rights-history-180982547/Civil rights activists failed to expel an all-white, segregationist delegation. But their efforts foreshadowed later milestones in the fight for equalityWed, 19 Jul 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/democratic-national-convention-1948-missing-link-civil-rights-history-180982547/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-african-diplomats-who-protested-segregation-in-the-us-180981682/Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy publicly apologized after restaurants refused to serve Black representatives of newly independent nationsFri, 24 Feb 2023 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-african-diplomats-who-protested-segregation-in-the-us-180981682/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/summer-1946-saw-black-wwii-vets-fight-freedom-home-180978538/These men, who had sacrificed so much for the country, faced racist attacks in 1946 as they laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement to comeMon, 30 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/summer-1946-saw-black-wwii-vets-fight-freedom-home-180978538/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/truman-presidential-library-and-museum-set-reopen-after-29m-renovation-180978074/Interactive exhibitions pose questions about the decision to drop the nuclear bomb, the Red Scare, Truman's foreign policy and moreThu, 01 Jul 2021 13:10:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/truman-presidential-library-and-museum-set-reopen-after-29m-renovation-180978074/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-presidential-memoirs-180976267/Barack Obama's new autobiography joins a long—but sometimes dull—traditionThu, 12 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-presidential-memoirs-180976267/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mayor-william-odwyer-new-york-city-mob-180973078/William O'Dwyer was beloved by New York City. So why did he abruptly leave office and head to Mexico? Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mayor-william-odwyer-new-york-city-mob-180973078/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-presidency-took-control-americas-nuclear-arsenal-180967747/From Truman onwards, the ability to order a nuclear strike has shaped the officeFri, 05 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-presidency-took-control-americas-nuclear-arsenal-180967747/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-eleanor-roosevelt-and-henrietta-nesbitt-transformed-white-house-kitchen-180965159/The kitchen was new, but by all accounts it didn't help the cookingWed, 11 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-eleanor-roosevelt-and-henrietta-nesbitt-transformed-white-house-kitchen-180965159/