Wow, Ellen, what a good memory. I don't think Bess and Margaret were with him in Hbg. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <b2tank@aol.com> To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Harry Truman's visit to Saline Co > Re Harry Truman's visit to Harrisburg and vicinity in Sept. 1948, I was a > student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale when he and Bess and > their > daughter Margaret came through and toured the campus, traveling by car > and > passed by me so close I could have reached out and touched it, so I got a > good view of all of them. > Ellen Ray Purdy >