Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: the True Story of a Great American Road Trip
“At six—after Harry’s nap, of course—the McKinneys hosted a reception for the former president and first lady in their backyard. The weather was lovely. The heat that had seemed to follow the Trumans ever since they left Independence had finally abated. The temperature was in the seventies.
About a hundred people attended the party, which the Indianapolis Times called “one of the season’s most exclusive and loveliest.” It was a swanky affair. Harry wore a white Palm Beach suit, a gray and white ...silk tie, and spotless white shoes. Bess wore a pale gray dress. “Everybody at the party looks so good,” cracked one attendee, “we look like a bunch of Republicans.” But it wasn’t strictly a political event. Several prominent Indianapolis Republicans were on hand, including the city’s thirty-seven-year-old mayor, Alex Clark.
Nineteen-year-old Claire McKinney, the McKinneys’ eldest daughter, was at the party that evening, dressed in a “gay summer frock,” according to the next day’s Indianapolis Times.MoreLess
About a hundred people attended the party, which the Indianapolis Times called “one of the season’s most exclusive and loveliest.” It was a swanky affair. Harry wore a white Palm Beach suit, a gray and white ...silk tie, and spotless white shoes. Bess wore a pale gray dress. “Everybody at the party looks so good,” cracked one attendee, “we look like a bunch of Republicans.” But it wasn’t strictly a political event. Several prominent Indianapolis Republicans were on hand, including the city’s thirty-seven-year-old mayor, Alex Clark.
Nineteen-year-old Claire McKinney, the McKinneys’ eldest daughter, was at the party that evening, dressed in a “gay summer frock,” according to the next day’s Indianapolis Times.MoreLess
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