When Truman arrived in his Independence neighborhood, soldiers with white helmets and MP brassards on their arms lined the roads to keep the crowds back. He could see that the old family house at 219 North Delaware had received a fresh coat. It wouldn’t do to have the “Summer White House”—as the press was now calling it—badly in need of paint. The house sat on roughly three quarters of an acre, and gardeners had spruced up the property. Along the driveway, red, pink, and white peonies—Bess’s favorite flowers—were in bloom. On the northwest corner of the lawn, Truman saw a brand-new
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After UN signing
