Archive for the ‘Little White House’ Category

President Obama with His New Truman Little White House T-Shirt

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

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Photo courtesy of Kendrick Meeks

President Obama has heard about the Little White House. Congressman Kendrick Meeks was here a few weeks ago and purchased one of our presidential vacation shirts for the President. On board Air Force One , the Meeks presented our shirt to the president and the president’s smile says it all !!!!

Happy Birthday, Harry…

Friday, May 8th, 2009
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Today we celebrated Harry S. Truman’s 125th birthday in grand style at the Little White House. In honor of his birthday, we had three different groups of people representing three of his most important decisions: (more…)

Congressman Kendrick Meeks pays us a visit

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Kendrick meeks visits the Little White House

Kendrick meeks visits the Little White House

It’s only April and we have had our shares of VIP’s visiting.  This last weekend we hosted Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL).  (more…)

Clifton’s Visit to the Little White House

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Commanding officer of Naval Air Station Key West,  Capt. Steven Holmes, with Clifton.

Commanding officer of Naval Air Station Key West, Capt. Steven Holmes, with Clifton.

We welcomed
Harry Truman’s grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel back to the Little White House on Friday, March 13th.   Friends and supporters of the Key West Harry S. Truman Foundation recently joined Clifton’s at a cocktail party celebrating the restoration progress of the building and grounds to their 1949 look when President Truman first made Key West his winter White House. (more…)

Paint Analysis of the Harry S. Truman Little White House

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
A closer look at Matthew Mosca sampling the paint on the walls.

A closer look at Matthew Mosca sampling the paint on the walls.

If wall could talk, they would say we have a lot of layers of paint. Recently world famous paint expert Matthew Mosca of Baltimore collected over 150 samples… (more…)