Key West’s Truman Avenue | Shoestring Weekends Weblog

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It’s customary to re-name a avenue upon a Presidential go to… however Key West held a particular place in President Harry Truman’s coronary heart and our historical past books each throughout and AFTER his presidency! He was recognized to have visited Key West some 16 occasions over his Presidential and Publish-Presidential profession… and I repeat KNOWN… I’d say he snuck in an additional time or two underneath the radar. Under are posted ONLY leisure images of his time in Key West from his motorcade, his house, him sunbathing on the seaside to him fishing offshore. HE LOVED KEY WEST!

By November 1946, President Harry S. Truman had served nineteen grueling months in workplace. The choice to drop the atomic bomb, the conclusion of World Warfare II, the daunting job of rebuilding Europe and Japan and the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime financial system had taken their toll on the president.

From August 16 to September 2, 1946, President Truman tried to relaxation by crusing to Hamilton, Bermuda. Sadly for the President, tough seas left him seasick and never too rested. By late fall, the President had developed a lingering chilly that appeared to be getting worse. Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, having simply inspected the Key West Naval Station, instructed Quarters ‘A’ in Key West as a safe, heat retreat. The President got here for per week of rest and promised to return. Return he did for a complete of 11 presidential working holidays and 5 post- presidential journeys. Truman claimed Key West was his second favourite place on earth, solely surpassed by his hometown of Independence, Missouri.

His eleven (11) visits to Key West whereas President of the USA:

November 17 – 23, 1946
March 12-19,1947
December 3 – 8, 1947
February 20 – March 5, 1948
November 7 – 21, 1948
March 6 – 19, 1949
November 28 – December 20, 1949
March 12 – April 10, 1950
March 2-22, 1951
November 8 – December 9, 1951
March 7-27, 1952

His 5 (5) visits to Key West AFTER he was President of the USA:

February 9-28, 1957
President and Mrs. Truman vacationed in each Islamorada within the higher Florida Keys and in Key West. RADM Francis McCorkle entertained the previous President with a dinner within the Little White Home eating room.

February 23-25, 1960
Most of this trip was spent in Miami with a fast journey to Key West.

March 1964
Many of the trip was on Duck Key within the center Florida Keys with a dinner on the Little White Home on March 23,1964.

March 1968
The Truman household vacationed on the Casa Marina in Key West.

April 1969
The prolonged Truman household got here as soon as extra to Key West and attended a
dinner on the Little White Home on April 6, 1969.

Simply assume, as small as Key West is and naming one street per go to almost the each avenue would’ve been named after him presumably changing into Harrytown, Trumanville, or Trumansburg! 🙂 Sorry Harry, Key West simply sounds a lot extra enjoyable!

         

         

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