My Favorite Harry S Truman Story

Harry & Bess Truman
I don't know how many times I've opened with this story over the years, but it's one of my favorites. 

Harry Truman made a speech at the Washington Garden Club. He gave credit for his beautiful flowers to the good "manure" he used to fertilize them. The prim and proper ladies didn't think much of the President's repeated use of the word "manure." 

One of them said something to the First Lady, Bess Truman.  She asked Bess if she could make him stop using the word "manure."  It was a vulgar word in their opinion, and he was, afterall, the President of the United States.

Bess replied, "Heavens no! It took me twenty-five years to get him to say 'manure.'"

~TEC

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