A couple of other interesting facts about Mr. Truman: He was the last president to not graduate from college (based on some of his successors, maybe a college education isn't all its cracked up to be). He was the first ex-president to receive a pension - when he returned to Independence he was almost broke and congress in their infinite wisdom deemed it undignified for an ex-president to have to out and get a real job.
Independence is a nice little town, with an historic district (is there a town anywhere in this country that doesn't have an historic district?). The soda fountain where Truman worked as a teenager is still there. Mike had a Cherry Phosphate - for you young people in the audience, flavored phosphates were fore runners of today's sodas.
Dinner was supposed to be at Jess and Jims - a wonderful steakhouse south of Kansas City (Mike had eaten there several times in the distant past). However we were a bit tired and didn't feel like driving another 15-20 miles, so we had cocktails in the room and then went to The Hereford House (originally located in Kansas City, KS, but now with several locations in the KC metro area). Mike had eaten at the original location as well. We had an excellent and expensive meal, but no local brews (remember, we're in Budweiser country). See you tomorrow.
3 comments:
I can't remember what I ate for lunch; there is no way I'm going to pass your little quiz. Can posting photos of your grandchildren on my blog count as some sort of extra credit?
I like the little Mr. Truman walking path flags. Very jaunty.
Posting pictures of grandchildren are always good for extra credit.If you post enough it might overcome your poor exam score.
Love, Mom amd Dad
Height is 630 ft, thanks to Cora's amazing visual memory. JNEM, is Jefferson National Expansion Musuem (we might have cheated slightly on this one.)
I concur with Sharon, liking the signs of Truman walking.
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