From the website "American Presidency"---
http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=a2029880-h&templatename=/article/article.html
"Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884. He was the
eldest of three children of Martha Ellen Young and John Anderson Truman.
Because his parents could not decide which of his grandfathers to name him
after, they gave young Harry the letter "S" instead of a middle name."
I remember reading about this also when I toured the Truman Library several
years ago.
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian / Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido" <ladyhawk@well.com>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Harry S Truman
> Harry Truman didn't have a middle name. Why he chose S,
> though, I do not know.
> GraceAnne
>
> The honorable Tim Lance inscribed the following on 26 Feb 2004
>
> > Note the lack of a period after S as his middle name. I am
> > blanking on why and don't have time at the moment to
> > research. I have to leave but told the teacher by morning
> > I'd have all the information she'd need, merrily offered by
> > the largest Ready Reference Desk I know of.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > Timothy G. Lance / Librarian
> > Cook Elementary / Austin (Texas) I.S.D.
> > tlance@austin.isd.tenet.edu
> >
> GraceAnne A. DeCandido, MLS
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