Participants begin their march through the streets of St. Louis from the Old Courthouse during the Martin Luther King Day march in St. Louis

Participants begin their march through the streets of St. Louis from the Old Courthouse during the Martin Luther King Day march in St. Louis on January 18, 2010. Photo by UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Participant Norbert Cody gets ready to march through the streets of St. Louis from the Old Courthouse during the Martin Luther King Day march in St. Louis on January 18, 2010. Photo by UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Truman Library and Museum in Independence is the last stop in the U.S. for Pulitzer Prize photographs before they leave the country.

There are 139 photographs on display at the Truman Library and Museum, and Missourians have one more week to view them before the exhibition travels to Korea.

Museum Curator Clay Bauske says people who view the photos are immediately taken back to the moment when history was made.

Bauske says the Iwo Jima photo holds a special significance for the Truman Library because the model for the sculpture is part of the museum’s collection. [Read more...]