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Voter Awareness Week in Florissant: The Truman Visit
Finding 1934 Plaque on Truman’s Visit
To Florissant Prompts 2018 Block Party
Mayor Tom Schneider has declared the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 as “Voter Awareness Week” in the City of Florissant ending with a block party on Friday, Nov. 2 from 6- 9 p.m. in front of Bunkers Tavern to celebrate the historic Nov 2, 1948, re-election of Missourian Harry S. Truman as president
The 2018 Election Day is Nov. 6 and Harry Truman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1934 on a Nov. 6. The plaque (shown here) will be installed in the sidewalk in front of 298 St. Francoise Street across the street from Bunkers at the intersection of St. Pierre and dedicated on Friday, Nov. 2 during another Old Town Partners block party hosted by the City of Florissant, Old Town Partners, Bunkers, Amore’s Pizza, and Vogt State Farm Agency.
Patrons can enjoy food, beverages, and fellowship as the city celebrates “Voter Awareness Week” and prepare to vote in the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and honor those who sacrificed to give us the right to vote. St. Pierre and St. Francois Street will be blocked off and Dan the Piano Man Leonard will play some of the same tunes that President Truman played on the White House piano.
President Harry Truman 70 years ago held up a Chicago Tribune paper prematurely declaring his opponent Tom Dewey as the winner of the Nov. 2nd 1948 Election.
“What better way to promote voter awareness in 2018 than by planning a party to celebrate the 70th anniversary of one of the most famous presidential elections in the history of our nation,” Mayor Schneider said. On Nov. 2, 1948 Missouri’s own “Give Em Hell” Harry Truman became the only person from Missouri to be elected President of the United States when he defeated Thomas Dewey by a razor thin margin to remain President of the United States until 1952.
Mayor Schneider said “Governor Parson’s 13 city tour in four days to promote the passage of Proposition D for Transportation infrastructure reminds him of Truman’s “Whistle Stop” campaign “whereby he crisscrossed by rail the then 48 states in a marathon campaign to retain the Presidency.”
