Truman Library offers free admission on Veterans Day, with events planned

Admission to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence will be free on Sunday as part of a program of Veterans Day events.

The library, at 500 W. U.S. 24, will be open 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the seventh annual Honorable Ike Skelton Veterans Day Salute.

Air Force Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Tim White will give an address in the auditorium at noon, followed by a wreath-laying ceremony in the courtyard.

Music and other events are scheduled throughout the afternoon before a 5 p.m. screening of a film about World War I, which ended on the Western Front 100 years ago on Nov. 11, 1918.

Skelton was a Democratic member of Congress representing Missouri’s 4th District for 34 years until his defeat in 2010.

This story was originally published November 9, 2018 at 2:17 PM.