Happy birthday, Harry S. Truman! Today we commemorate the 140th anniversary of Mr. Truman's birth. This morning we had our official wreath-laying ceremony. #Harry140

Our #Harry140 photo this week shows HST at the Truman Library groundbreaking ceremony in May 1955, ready to put his shovel in the ground. With him are members of the Truman Library Foundation, which organized the fundraising drive to construct the Library. catalog.archives.gov/id/348729923

Our question this #MenuMonday : can you eat pumpkin pie any time of year, or only at Thanksgiving? #OTD in 1949, the Truman family had pumpkin pie for dessert after dinner. catalog.archives.gov/id/7583700

It's time for #ArchivesGames at the #ArchivesHashtagParty ! Bess loved to play bridge with both her family members & ladies in her neighborhood Bridge Club. Here, Bess (left) is playing bridge at the White House with her sisters-in-law Natalie & May (right) & her brother Frank.

This #Harry140 photograph of the Truman Library groundbreaking in 1955 came to us from Eliot Berkley, a history professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. It shows HST speaking to the assembled crowd gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony. catalog.archives.gov/id/348729921

The Truman Library is hiring a new Education Specialist! Learn more and apply here: usajobs.gov/job/788368700

Today's #Harry140 post features the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library! The ceremony took place as part of Mr. Truman’s birthday celebration in 1955. In this photo, HST is holding a shovel-full of dirt while others in the background look on. catalog.archives.gov/id/350382694

For #Harry140 this week, we have a wedding! Harry & Bess’s only child, Margaret, married Clifton Daniel on April 21, 1956. Many of the photos we have of Margaret’s wedding are copyrighted, as Life magazine covered her wedding & published many photos. catalog.archives.gov/id/348729911

#OTD in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died and Harry S. Truman was sworn in as President at 7:09 p.m. This photo shows the swearing-in ceremony and many of the Cabinet officers and others present. catalog.archives.gov/id/338954914

This #MenuMonday , we're featuring a menu for which we also have a recipe! #OTD in 1948, the Trumans had scalloped eggplant with dinner. You can try it yourself! The link includes both the handwritten & typed version. Menu: catalog.archives.gov/id/7583220; recipe: catalog.archives.gov/id/139308908

This week’s #Harry140 photo is a post-Presidential one! People would often drive by the Truman Home, hoping to see a glimpse of Mr. Truman. They would catch him while he was outside & he would speak with visitors. trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-rec…

This week's #MenuMonday has another potentially controversial ingredient - coconut! You either love it or you hate it. #OTD in 1948, the Trumans has coconut cream pie for dessert after dinner. What's your opinion on coconut? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583211

This week's #MoreThanFirstLadies theme for #WomensHistoryMonth is Bess's time as First Lady! This YouTube clip shows footage from one of Bess's first official appearances as First Lady: youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFG0i…

On this #MenuMonday , who has heard of blancmange? It's a dessert consisting of milk or cream, sugar, ground almonds, and (....wait for it....) gelatin!

The Truman Library is hiring a Museum Technician! Learn more and apply here: usajobs.gov/job/779962600

For #WomensHistoryMonth , we will be talking about Bess all month! This week's theme is 'Before They Were First Ladies.' We recently digitized this letter that Bess wrote to her grandfather, George P. Gates, around 1890 at the age of 5. #MoreThanFirstLadies catalog.archives.gov/id/351273482

This #MenuMonday in the category of unusual food combinations, what do we think of the first course with dinner, apricot juice and oysters on the half-shell? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583186

Our #Harry140 photo this week shows HST as an Army Reservist! This is from 1930 & shows HST (left) with John W. Snyder (center) & Harry Vaughan at camp in Fort Riley, Kansas. Snyder would go on to serve as Truman’s Secretary of the Treasury & Vaughan served as HST's military aide

The #MenuMonday is another culinary mystery! Does anyone know what Virginia Pudding is? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583178

#Harry140 this week is from one of HST's vacation trips! In February 1948, he visited Puerto Rico & Cuba in addition to Key West, Florida. This new photo to our collection shows him saluting unidentified servicemen before leaving the U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.