Collection Presidential Retreats
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
President Truman on the Potomac River
- Date of Work
- September 2, 1946
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
President Truman on the Potomac River
President Truman stood on deck during the return trip up the Potomac River to Washington, D.C., on September 2, 1946.
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