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Independence MO--Truman Presidential Library, Puppetry Institute and Hair Museum

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published January 29, 2018 at 5:41 AM PST
Festival time in downtown Independence, Missouri
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The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library honors one of the town's most legendary citizens. We'll also stop in for visits at lesser known but fascinating places such as the Puppetry Arts Institute-with one of the world's largest collections of Pinocchio ephemera, and the one of a kind Leila's Hair Museum.

Independence, Missouri's modern roots date from the mid 1800's when the town served as the staging ground for Westward migration.

National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence, Missouri chronicles westward migration in the mid 1800's and the town's strategic importance as a staging place for the pioneers.
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National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence, Missouri chronicles westward migration in the mid 1800's and the town's strategic importance as a staging place for the pioneers.
Diane Houk at the American Puppetry Institute in Independence, Missouri
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Diane Houk at the American Puppetry Institute in Independence, Missouri
Hair, woven in to wreaths and other art forms served an important genealogical chronicle of family histories before the advent of photography
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Hair, woven in to wreaths and other art forms served an important genealogical chronicle of family histories before the advent of photography
President Harry S. Truman's recreated Oval Office at the Presidential Library in Independence Missouri.
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President Harry S. Truman's recreated Oval Office at the Presidential Library in Independence Missouri.

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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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