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December 5, 1998

Young Bess Truman

Harry Truman met Bess Wallace in Sunday School and fell in love with her instantly. She was a pretty, blue-eyed blond. She was very good at baseball.

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Kristen
Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood, MO


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The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of twelve Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

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