Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1945 September 25

Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1945 September 25

A letter from President Harry S. Truman to Sovereign Grand Commander Melvin M. Johnson. Dated September 25, 1945. In this letter, Truman gives Johnson permission to schedule Truman’s Gourgas Medal presentation at the White House. The Supreme Council awards the Gourgas Medal to Freemasons in recognition of distinguished service to Freemasonry, the country, or humanity. President Truman was the first recipient of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction’s most distinguished honor. Truman also comments upon the character of his recent Supreme Court nominee, Harold Hitz Burton, a Freemason and former Senate colleague of Truman.

Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. SC069

1945 09 25

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English

A2019/001/010

1 item ; 23 x 18 cm.

Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library