The United Nations Charter earned the support of the U.S. on this date in 1945 when President Harry S. Truman ratified it. World leaders hoped the document would help usher in an era of peace after the brutality of World War II.
Photo credit: Harry S. Truman, the President of the United States / Walters, Seattle. , ca. 1945. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/90708375/.
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