Long ago on independence square (Liberty, Fulton: 2015, lease, chapel)

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

This is a memorial to two historical Independence people, a man and a woman, in east Central Missouri.

Who are these people and where is the memorial?

Might this be in Warrensburg?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Might this be in Warrensburg?

No, Warrensburg is in west central Missouri.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

This is a memorial to two historical Independence people, a man and a woman, in east Central Missouri.

Who are these people and where is the memorial?

I might add that the memorial consists of everything you see in the foreground but also consists of a rose garden in the background and a number of trees situated on a larger site, which are also part of the memorial.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

I might add that the memorial consists of everything you see in the foreground but also consists of a rose garden in the background and a number of trees situated on a larger site, which are also part of the memorial.

A third Independence person is indirectly commemorated in this memorial. His name is recognizable but he is not as well known as the first two. He was 18 when he died.

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

One of the individuals commemorated was age 32 at death, the other was 88.

The 88 year-old is easy. Is the memorial in Washington DC
or Missouri?

[CaseyMO]

Here is some info on a home I am sure a photo has been posted here:

909 West Waldo Avenue
Historic Name: Truman Boyhood Home
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
Construction Date: 1886 (altered)
Legal Description: Forbis Park Addition, lot 3

Description: Contributing two-story wood-frame dwelling; irregular in shape; complex gabled roof with composition shingles; aluminum siding with decorative siding in upper gabled ends; one-over-one double-hung sash vinyl windows framed by shutters; small enclosed porch with gabled roof projecting from west wall. Corner lot with lawn; shrubbery along foundation; shade trees planted in side yards.

Alterations: two-story addition on east wall; one porch has been removed; another porch has been enclosed and small deck added above (second floor); vinyl windows added; aluminum siding added.

History/Significance: Harry S Truman lived in this house as a teenager, from 1896 to 1902. Biographer David McCullough explains, “In 1895, when the boy was eleven, [Truman’s father] John traded their house for another several blocks to the north, receiving some $5,400 in the bargain. Though the new house had less property than the one on Crysler Avenue, it stood on a corner lot at Waldo Street and River Boulevard, a more fashionable neighborhood and within easy walking distance of the courthouse square. Crysler Avenue had never been the wrong side of the tracks, but for an ambitious man, 909 Waldo was unquestionably progress in the right direction.”54 Harry Truman lived here for seven years, maturing from a boy to a high school graduate, and remembered it as being a very happy time in his life. Unfortunately, Truman’s father lost the house in 1902 and the family moved temporarily to Kansas City. Stephen Black purchased the home in 1946. It had been subdivided into small apartments by that time. During their ownership, the Blacks restored the home to a single-family residence, built an addition on the east side of the house, removed the front porch, and added another entrance to the property. In 1979, the Blacks converted the home into five or six small apartments.

Sandra Green purchased the property in 1988, but sold it one year later.

The building has once again been restored as a single-family home. It currently owned by Paul and Rita Noland, who seek to restore and rehabilitate the residence as it appeared when the Truman family lived here at 909 West Waldo.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by CaseyMO

The 88 year-old is easy. Is the memorial in Washington DC
or Missouri?

The memorial is in east central Missouri.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

A third Independence person is indirectly commemorated in this memorial. His name is recognizable but he is not as well known as the first two. He was 18 when he died.

The dates of death for the three people associated with this memorial ranges from 1872 for this 18 year old to 1942 for the most recent death.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

The dates of death for the three people associated with this memorial ranges from 1872 for this 18 year old to 1942 for the most recent death.

Would the 1942 death be for the 88 year-old?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Would the 1942 death be for the 88 year-old?

yes