On April 3, 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, better known as the Marshall Plan. Named after its main proponent, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, ...

In 1948, on a train called the Presidential Special, Harry Truman took to the rails to salvage a campaign many people thought he could not win. Undeterred, Truman told his staff, “I’m going to fight ...

In this photo from the Allen County Historical Society, President Harry Truman addresses a crowd from the rear platform of his campaign train during an October 11, 1948, visit to Lima and Ottawa.

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