Notable Events
On 11 December 2006, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave his final speech as Secretary-General at the library, where he encouraged the United States to return to the multilateralist policies of Truman.
The Truman Library was also the site of the signing of the Medicare Act by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.
The Library has been visited by many prominent persons, including Presidents Ford, Carter, and Clinton, and Presidential Nominees John Kerry and John McCain.
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