Puerto Rican nationalists planned to surprise & overwhelm guards before anyone realized what was going on. They’d burst in and find Truman. It seemed easy enough.
I know this story but I always wonder how such a poorly planned and manned assassination attempt on the American President could have nearly succeeded.
I hope that the presidential guard who gave his life, Mr.Coffelt, was given an appropriate posthumous award for preventing the assassination. Thank you Tara.
Betsy Tara Ross I don't think of this when I'm discussing the (attempted) assassinations of the POTUS throughout history. I'm aware of it though. I don't if I could have been so lenient, had I been Truman. A cop WAS killed while protecting him, after all....
The beginning of the Nuclear Cold War was at this point in History. Truman's Rebuilding of run down parts of the White House at this time, also added the FIRST PEOC (Presidential Emergency Operations Center). Built underground underneath the Oval Office. Designed to withstand the EARLY types of Atomic bombs in case of Soviet attack during the Cold War during the Truman era.
This is a new one for me!! Sure don't remember this event in History classes that I took!! Hard to believed that they let the perp go...he did, after all, kill Mr Coffelt...just saying. Thanks for today's lesson Tara!! 🇺🇸 👍🇺🇸
I never knew about this! What a sad event it was! Today, I do not think they would get as close nor do I think the President would be allowed near a window with a firefight breaking out.
The renovation of the White House required gutting the entire building. Today, when you walk through the various rooms, they all date from the 1950s. The actual rooms were used as landfill and have a ball field built on them.
Wow! Thank heavens for the brave Coffelt.
I know this story but I always wonder how such a poorly planned and manned assassination attempt on the American President could have nearly succeeded.
I hope that the presidential guard who gave his life, Mr.Coffelt, was given an appropriate posthumous award for preventing the assassination. Thank you Tara.
Thanks, Tara. An interesting piece of history. .
Betsy Tara Ross I don't think of this when I'm discussing the (attempted) assassinations of the POTUS throughout history. I'm aware of it though. I don't if I could have been so lenient, had I been Truman. A cop WAS killed while protecting him, after all....
In all cases , I believe the equation should be simple -
‘ if you take a life, you forfeit your own’ ! 🧐
Shocking to me that Carter freed this assassin! Thanks for this story--I had never heard of this before.
The beginning of the Nuclear Cold War was at this point in History. Truman's Rebuilding of run down parts of the White House at this time, also added the FIRST PEOC (Presidential Emergency Operations Center). Built underground underneath the Oval Office. Designed to withstand the EARLY types of Atomic bombs in case of Soviet attack during the Cold War during the Truman era.
This is a new one for me!! Sure don't remember this event in History classes that I took!! Hard to believed that they let the perp go...he did, after all, kill Mr Coffelt...just saying. Thanks for today's lesson Tara!! 🇺🇸 👍🇺🇸
I never knew this story! Thank you Tara for sharing.🇺🇸
I never knew this thank you
I never knew about this! What a sad event it was! Today, I do not think they would get as close nor do I think the President would be allowed near a window with a firefight breaking out.
The renovation of the White House required gutting the entire building. Today, when you walk through the various rooms, they all date from the 1950s. The actual rooms were used as landfill and have a ball field built on them.
This was new to me, I don’t recall hearing anything about this. You seem to teach this old girl something new a lot. 😉Thank you
I never knew that Truman was attacked.
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Huzzah, Truman!!!
Thank you, Tarra.