In 1948, Truman won reelection. His defeat had been widely expected. His famous “Whistlestop” campaign tour through the country has passed into political folklore, as has the photograph of the beaming Truman Thai Cracks holding up the newspaper whose headline proclaimed, “Dewey Defeats Truman.”
Truman’s presidency is most often defined by his decision to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II that ultimately saved both Allied and Japanese lives.
In 1974, changing technologies closed the Key West Submarine Base and the Little White House went through a twelve year period of disuse. On January 1, 1987, the title to this presidential museum was transferred to the state of Florida for permanent protection. Beginning in 1988, more than two million dollars have been privately raised and gone into its restoration.
Although owned by the state of Florida, the Harry S Truman Little White House receives no regular financial support from the state or federal government. Please consider a gift to our not-for-profit foundation to enable the much needed restoration process to continue.
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