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by Joy S
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
July 28, 2011
From journal Family Friendly Attractions in Key West
by RoBoNC
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 28, 2009
From journal Fun and Sun in Key West
by two cruisers
Ames, Iowa
August 20, 2006
No longer used as a Presidential Retreat, the property still hosts meetings with world dignitaries. We purchased our tour tickets ($10/adult) in the gift shop and then waited in a small museum. The buildings, while listed on the National Register of Historic Places, are owned, maintained and tours provided by Historic Tours of America®. They do an excellent job. We entered the former duplex and immediately went upstairs to a suite of rooms that had been converted into a small theater. Here we watched a good film about the life of Harry S. Truman. We followed the guide into the other duplex where we could see the "palatial" room that Harry had redecorated to lure Bess to Key West. Connecting bathrooms provided a private entrance to President Truman's room. He stayed in a separate room because he often worked late into the night. His room had windows out onto the veranda on two sides and he always had security and White House personnel stationed out there. When he traveled he took a brief case filled with 78 rpm recordings of his favorite music. He was the only one allowed to carry that case. The tour continued on the main floor veranda. This room was the playground and workstation for Truman. He hosted many national and foreign dignitaries in the recreation room. The furniture was bamboo with tropical flower upholstered. In one corner was large round poker table. In the video we watched it mentioned that the president spent evenings reading or watching movies. "Watching movies". Well, this what he really did. He would put the word out to gather a forum and they would play poker and drink bourbon.
Connected to the game room is a formal dinning room that was the diplomatic and family gathering place for several presidents. On the veranda just outside the dining room is a tiny telephone booth that housed the secret service man. The living room seems very stiff and formal, but it did serve as the President’s office also.
From journal Key West Kudos
by Mamaofboyz
Key West, Florida
June 27, 2006
From journal Florida Keys
by Dutchnatasja
Great Falls, Virginia
March 29, 2006
From journal The Key to my Heart - Key West, Florida
by lvohra
Oakville, Ontario
August 22, 2005
From journal A Week of Adventures in Weston
by jangarys
Tampa, Florida
January 6, 2004
From journal Veendam western Caribbean cruise with Belize