Happy birthday to Harry S. Truman (Born:May 8,1884-died: December 26,1972) was an American statesman who served as the
#33rdpresidentoftheunitedstates (1945-1953), taking the office upon the death of
#franklindroosevelt . A
#worldwar1 veteran, he assumed the presidency during the waning months of
#worldwar2 and the beginning of the
#coldwar . He is k known for implementing the
#marshallplan to rebuild the economy of western Europe, for the establishment of the
#trumandoctrine and
#nato against soviet and Chinese communism, and for intervening in the
#koreanwar . In domestic affairs, he was a moderate
#democrat whose liberal proposals were a continuation of Franklin Roosevelt's
#newdeal , but the conservative-dominated Congress blocked most of them. He used the veto power 180 times,
#morethananypresidentsince and saw 12 overridden by Congress; only
#grovercleveland and Franklin D. Roosevelt used the veto so often and only
#geraldford and
#andrewjohnson saw so many veto overrides. He is the only world leader to have
#usednuclearweapons in war. He
#desegregatedtheusarmedforces , supported a newly independent
#israel and was a founder of the
#untiednations .
#harrystruman #littlewhitehouse #givetgemhellharry @harrys_truman #trumanhome #trumannationalhistoricsite #trumanfarmhome #harrystrumanlibrary 
