Prospective Members

Initiated: February 9, 1909
Raised: March, 1909

1911 – First WM of Masonic Lodge 618 in Grandview
1912-15 – Secretary of Masonic Lodge 618 in Grandview
1916 – WM of Masonic Lodge 618 in Grandview

1939 – "Masonry is a system of morals which makes it easier to live with your fellow man, whether he understands it or not."

1940-41 – Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Missouri
1945 – 33rd Degree of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction

May 15, 1959 – Received 50 year award

'S' stands for 'S', but refers to both grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young

33rd President, April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953

Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth

• Became President after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death in office
• Protected and reinforced the New Deal reforms of FDR
• Guided the American economy from war-time to a peace-time footing
• Advanced the cause of African-American civil rights
• Ordered use of atomic bombs, dropped August 6 and 9, 1945

Truman states that his decision to use the atomic bomb was after Japan rejected the Potsdam Declaration, 1945.

• Estimated Casualties, 199,000:
• Hiroshima – 66,000 Dead, 69,000 Injured
• Nagasaki – 39,000 Dead, 25,000 Injured

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to the extent that it induced Japanese surrender, saved the lives of roughly 30 million people,
Tom Lewis, January 5, 2021.