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TRUMAN STATUE UNVEILING & DEDICATION

More than 75 years after ascending to the presidency, Harry Truman is back in Washington, D.C. In a national ceremony led by The Honorable Nancy Pelosi – and including congressional leaders, Truman family members and live performances – a new bronze statue of President Truman was unveiled and dedicated in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on September 29, 2022.


President Truman may be remembered largely in black-and-white, but he is a 21st-century standard for presidential leadership and public service. His story is our story, America’s story. It has been the honor of a lifetime to be part of this 20-year effort to bring Truman back to Washington – and to be able to experience the moment with a large delegation of Truman Library Institute board members, donors and friends.


We are thrilled to share highlights, video, photographs and the program transcript of this historic Truman legacy event.

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HIGHLIGHTS

THE HONORABLE NANCY PELOSI

"TODAY WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE HARRY TRUMAN AND THE GREATEST GIFT HE GAVE TO OUR NATION: HIS UNYIELDING COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY."

THE HONORABLE ROY BLUNT

"IT'S GREAT FOR US TO SEE HIM NOW IN THE BUILDING HE LOVED, IN A DEMOCRACY HE CHERISHED, IN A WORLD THAT HE DID SO MUCH TO DESIGN AND CREATE AND MAKE WHAT IT IS TODAY....NO PRESIDENT IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MADE MORE CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS THAN HARRY TRUMAN."

THE HONORABLE EMANUEL CLEAVER II

"FROM ENDING WORLD WAR II TO FORMING THE UNITED NATIONS AND NATO, TO CHARTING A COURSE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS – [AND BY] EVERY MEASUREMENT UPON WHICH PRESIDENTS ARE SCRUTINIZED – TRUMAN IS...ONE OF OUR NATION'S GREATEST LEADERS. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, MAY [HIS] STATUE SERVE AS A REMINDER OF HIS COURAGE, AND COURAGE WE NEED TO HAVE TO TAKE ON PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP BUILD THIS NATION."

CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL

"WERE HE WITH US TODAY, MY GRANDFATHER WOULD BE HONORED AND HUMBLED. HE LOVED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HE LOVED THE WORK OF GOVERNMENT, HE LOVED THIS VERY BUILDING. HE TOOK THE JOB SERIOUSLY, BUT NEVER HIMSELF. HE DID WHAT HE DID FOR THE GREATER GOOD, NOT THE GREATER GLORY."

WATCH THE TRUMAN STATUE UNVEILING

TRUMAN STATUE SPONSORS

The installation of the Harry S. Truman Statue in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda was made possible by the following generous donors:

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