Puerto Rican Nationalists Try to Assassinate Truman at Blair House
Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo stormed Blair House in a brazen attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman, killing one Secret Service officer in the firefight. The attack exposed the volatile independence movement's willingness to strike at the highest levels of American government.
November 1, 1950
76 years ago
Key Figures & Places
Puerto Rico
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Harry S. Truman
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Griselio Torresola
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Oscar Collazo
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Blair House
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attempt to assassinate
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Harry S. Truman
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Puerto Rico
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Griselio Torresola
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Oscar Collazo
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Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman
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Blair House
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