Harry S. Truman, 32nd President of the United States , was born May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri. He was the son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman. The Trumans moved to Cass County and in 1887 to the Young family farm in Grandview. The family moved again in 1890 to Independence, Missouri. John Truman made a comfortable living for his family, and from his childhood Harry Truman was called on to perform his daily chores and …showed first 75 words of 5886 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5886 total…The detractors bemoan America's failure to establish some sort of warmer relations with the Soviet Union. The friendlier critics praise the abilities he had to make firm decisions and to enforce them - to be a strong national leader. Over the years since 1953 Truman has attracted many more admirers than critics. In several polls since 1962, he has been rated by American historians and political scientists as one of the ten best Presidents in our history.