Presidents’ Weekend in Key West was actually presidential, with an annual picnic on the grounds of the Harry S. Truman Little White Home and sold-out performances of “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry,” a one-man present about Truman’s presidency written and carried out by Truman’s grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel.
The Key West debut of “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry” kicked off the weekend on Feb. 18. The present consists of a number of props that epitomize Truman’s presidency, together with a railcar used for Truman’s whistle-stop reelection marketing campaign and the legendarily incorrect newspaper headline saying “Dewey Beats Truman.”The unique railcar is on the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, the place Harry S. Truman Legacy celebrations are set to renew in Might with “Planes, Trains & Vehicles: Transporting Truman and How He Transported America,” a three-day, multi-location occasion that can start on the railroad museum on Might 12 after which journey to Key West for a sequence of occasions, together with the Truman Legacy Symposium, that can run by way of Might 14. Extra info is at www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.org/basis/occasions/.