This Week: First Ladies Are the Talk in Key West Events

Plus, the White House ballroom project is set for discussion before a second federal panel.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1944. (Photo: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum)

America’s first ladies will be the topic of events Friday and Saturday at the Harry S. Truman Little White House in Key West, Florida, in honor of the yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States.

The Key West Harry S. Truman Foundation will present a first ladies authors talk, a first ladies dinner and a special program discussing First Lady Bess Truman, wife of Harry S. Truman who served as president from 1945 to 1953.