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The city of Independence, Missouri, celebrated President Harry S. Truman's 140th birthday on Saturday with a new statue, free photo exhibit and other events.

The statue will sit right in front of the savings and loan building where Truman once worked.

94-year-old artist talks about creating Harry Truman statue for Independence Square The statue will sit right in front of the savings and loan building where Truman once worked Share Updated: 9:42 PM CDT May 24, 2021 The statue will sit right in front of the savings and loan building where Truman once worked Share Updated: 9:42 PM CDT May 24, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FORMER PRESIDENT? SUCH A DYNAMIC PHOTOGRAPH INDEPENDENCE ARTISTS BYRON CONSTANCE WAS MORE THAN FIVE DECADES INTO LIFE BEFORE HE DISCOVERED. HE HAD ARTISTIC TALENTSUR TNED OUT TO BE A GOO...

Local artist planning Truman statue for Square By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The Examiner Byron Constance, the longtime Independence attorney and developer who took up artistry later in life as a hobby, says he’d long been interested in sculpting a unique Harry Truman statue.  The Independence Square Association had long hoped to depict Truman’s life with works of art around the Square.  The two paths connected this year, and by the end of the year a second Truman statue should be in place on the Square.  Constance, 94, is putting the finishing touches on his clay statue de...