Off-Topic (Harry Truman)

[plinsenmayer]

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From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Off-Topic (Harry Truman)
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3001] Re: Names, Harry in particular:OFF TOPIC
Date: 6/28/00 3:31 pm  (ET)

Hi:

<<<Not only was Harry S. Truman just Harry (and not Harold or Harrison),
he really was just Harry Truman. The middle initial, S, did not stand
for anything -- Truman just added it to his name at some point because
he thought he needed a middle initial. [According to something I read,
anyway.]>>>

Actually, David McCullough's Truman bio is one of my all-time favorite
books so . . . The initial "S" was not added by Truman himself. His
parents just gave him the initial because they couldn't decide whether
his middle name should be after his maternal grandfather, Solomon,
or his paternal grandfather, Shipp.

Penny (full of interesting tidbits today)