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MSA SC 5339-111-11
Collection	Research and Educational Projects at the Maryland State Archives
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Dates	1949/05
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Visit of First Lady Bess Truman to Annapolis and Government House, May 25, 1949 Text from If These Walls Could Speak draft: On May 25, 1949, the governor and first lady of Maryland welcomed the first lady of the United States, Bess Truman, to Government House when she came to Annapolis as part of the celebrations of "Tercentenary Week" marking the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city of Annapolis. After receivng Mrs. Truman in Government House, the two first ladies sat together to view the Tercentenary parade. This was not Mrs. Lane's first meeting with the Mrs. Truman as she had been a guest at at luncheon at the White House on January 31, 1948. Mrs. Lane met the first lady again on April 11, 1950 when she came to Annapolis to speak to a meeting of the Naval Academy Woman's Club

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