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Dewey Defeats Truman Historic Re-enactment at Gold Coast Railroad Museum
November 3, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$65 – $75
On Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, from 6:00-7:30pm, the 75th anniversary of an iconic moment in United States presidential history will be celebrated at Florida’s Gold Coast Railroad Museum, 12450 SW 152 nd St., Miami, as the world-famous image of Harry S. Truman triumphantly holding aloft the Nov. 3, 1948 Chicago Daily Tribune with its incorrect “Dewey Defeats Truman” banner headline is re-enacted on board the “Ferdinand Magellan” Railcar. The public is invited to participate in the dramatic re-enactment scene, with Harry S. Truman’s grandson, actor Clifton Truman Daniel of “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!” fame representing the 33rd president.
The event, which commemorates “the most famous wrong call in electoral history,” will also welcome acclaimed author, historian, and Lynn University professor Dr. Robert Watson, an expert on Truman, who will speak about the impact of his 1948 campaign and the importance of his “whistle-stop” railroad tour. An award winning author, Dr. Watson has published more than 40 books and 200 scholarly articles and essays on topics in political, military, and social history, as well as two multi-volume encyclopedia sets on the presidents and first ladies.
Admission tickets are $25 for Gold Coast Railroad Museum and Key West Harry S. Truman Foundation members, $30 for non-members, and will include hors d’oeuvres and 2 drink tickets. In Harry S. Truman tradition and spirit, guests at both venues are encouraged to wear the 33rd president’s preferred Key West attire of Hawaiian shirts.
The 75 th anniversary “Dewey Defeats Truman” celebration is presented by The Key West Harry S. Truman Foundation, The Society of Presidential Descendants, and the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, and sponsored by Historic Tours of America and the National Fire Sprinkler Association. For tickets and information, visit
www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.org/foundation/events .
