Harry Truman (2015)
“Congress was obviously going to stay in session for the duration of the world crisis. It was a harrowing time. Hitler ruled supreme in Western Europe, and the British had retreated to their island fortress, where they shuddered under a rain of German bombs. Churchill’s voice, summoning his people to blood, sweat, and tears, thrilled us over the airwaves, and President Roosevelt pushed the U.S. defense program to full throttle.
Our transfer to Washington caused a minor crisis in my own life.... Early in 1940, I had decided to change from the piano to vocal training and had begun taking singing lessons from Mrs. Thomas J. Strickler in Kansas City. A permanent move to Washington meant I could only see Mrs. Strickler at random intervals, when we went home to Independence for holidays or during the summer months. But my mother and father decided it was more important for me to spend a full, uninterrupted year at Gunston Hall and get a diploma from that school. So we moved from Independence to Washington, taking Grandmother Wallace with us.MoreLess
Our transfer to Washington caused a minor crisis in my own life.... Early in 1940, I had decided to change from the piano to vocal training and had begun taking singing lessons from Mrs. Thomas J. Strickler in Kansas City. A permanent move to Washington meant I could only see Mrs. Strickler at random intervals, when we went home to Independence for holidays or during the summer months. But my mother and father decided it was more important for me to spend a full, uninterrupted year at Gunston Hall and get a diploma from that school. So we moved from Independence to Washington, taking Grandmother Wallace with us.MoreLess
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