Harry S. Truman

Thirty-Third President of the United States

1945-1953

Location: Corner of Mt. Rushmore Rd. & St. Joseph St.

Sculptor: James Michael Maher

Facts:

• While he was Vice President, he scarcely saw President Franklin Roosevelt so he received no briefing on the atomic bomb or the developing issues with Soviet Russia
• He was the one who made the final decision to use the atomic bombs on Japan in order to speed up the end of World War II
• His second term inauguration was the first to ever be nationally televised