Independence, Missouri

I'm going to take a walk in honor of Truman.  I may have to find myself a panama hat and a cane to get into the true spirit of the walk too!  I already mentioned in a previous post that Truman loved to take walks.  It was his morning constitutional.  There's something admirable about finding pleasure in something so simple.  The Kennedy's needed yachts, planes, and Nantucket for relief.  Reagan needed vineyards, horses, and Hollywood for entertainment.  Truman enjoyed his walks... around Independence, Washington D.C., and all the cities that he visited.

Why the urge to take a walk?? The postman brought another package!! This one came from the fine town of Independence, Missouri!!  I received a handful of brochures, one of them for the "Truman Historic Walking Trail."  Inside it says, "No one like a good walk better than Independence's own Harry Truman."  The trail is to honor his enduring love of walking and history.  It consists of 43 memorable sites and some important places in the life of our 33rd President, including the Truman Barber Shop, the Truman Home, the Truman Library, the church where Truman and Bess married, and the Ginkgo Tree, which Harry was fond of "and often told it that it was doing on a good job on his walks."  So, for any blog followers out there, stay tuned.  Come September, I'll take a nice walk in honor of Truman, walk the very streets that he did, and take photos of the sites and share them!!

Also in the stack of brochures was "Civil War sites of Independence."  If time allows, we'll be able to check out where the Battle of the Little Blue took place.  15,000 Union and Confederate troops fought along the banks of the Little Blue River, which led to 1,000 casualties.  I've never been to a Civil War battlefield so I really hope we can make it to some sites in Missouri and Illinois.

Three months to go.  I better start searching for a Panama hat!