{"product_id":"heritage-series-milk-bottle-sign-holiday-ornament","title":"Truman · The Buck Stops Here · Heritage Holiday Ornament","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/heritage-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Heritage Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTruman.\u003c\/strong\u003e A crowd in hats and good coats, a new sign going up, and someone holding up a milk bottle the way you would hold champagne at a ship launching. It is 1945, and a little prairie community has just picked its new namesake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 12, 1945, with no warning at all, Harry Truman was sworn in as president, and he said afterward that it felt as if the moon and the stars had fallen on him. Within five months he had seen the war end in Europe and then in the Pacific. He kept a small sign on his desk that read The Buck Stops Here, and he meant every word of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the country, people took to the plain-spoken Missourian. Out on the Texas prairie that November, a crossroads of a couple hundred souls called Thin Gravy was so taken with the new president that it voted to take his name instead, then christened the sign with milk, because they were dairy country and milk is what they had. Give 'em Hell Harry had admirers in the unlikeliest places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn for us in sepia tones and set in crystal so the crowd, the hats and the lettering read under the lights. Three inches across; 1945 at pocket size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Truman admirers and presidential history readers, anyone who loves 1940s America, and anybody who still thinks the buck should stop somewhere. Profits go to hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaceted crystal, three inches across, with a white back so the line work reads from across the room once the tree is lit. Red ribbon. Boxed in gold or white, your call at checkout. Ships free anywhere in the U.S.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/heritage-ornaments\" style=\"color:#6b6b6b;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eMore Heritage Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"president truman, truman presidency, 1940s america, 1945 president, naming a town, president harry truman, the buck stops here, americana gifts, city limits sign, give em hell harry, harry truman biography, harry truman birthday, harry truman facts, harry truman quotes, milk bottle drawing, post war america, president ornament, presidential gifts, small town america, truman quotes, welcome to town sign, 1940s nostalgia, 1940s small town, 1945 history, how towns got their names, milk bottle art, milk bottle christmas ornament, milk bottle collectors, milk bottle history, milk delivery history, milkman history, small town history, towns named after presidents, truman gifts\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"president truman\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"truman presidency\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"1940s america\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"1945 president\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"naming a town\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"president harry truman\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"the buck stops here\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"americana gifts\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"city limits sign\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"give em hell harry\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"harry truman biography\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"harry truman birthday\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"harry truman facts\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"harry truman quotes\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"milk bottle drawing\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"post war america\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"president ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"presidential gifts\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"small town america\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"truman quotes\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"welcome to town sign\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"1940s nostalgia\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"1940s small town\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"1945 history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"how towns got their names\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"milk bottle art\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"milk bottle christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"milk bottle collectors\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"milk bottle history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"milk delivery history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"milkman history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"small town history\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"towns named after presidents\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"truman gifts\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the Truman ornament?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"An original sepia drawing of a 1945 crowd christening a new town sign in honor of President Harry S. 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