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December 6, 1998

Bess Wallace

Bess Wallace was a tomboy. One of her schoolmates said, " She could hit a ball as far as any boy could and whistle through her teeth." She graduated from Independence High School in 1901. One of her classmates was Harry Truman.


Young Bess

Jordan, Rachel, and Amanda
Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood, MO


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

500 W. US Hwy. 24. Independence MO 64050
truman.library@nara.gov
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Fax: 816-268-8295.