Basketweaving
A curious fact that plays against JFK’s virile, manly persona is that when he was a child one of his favorite pastimes was basketweaving.
Boy Scouts
JFK was involved in the Boy Scouts both as a youth and adult. He was a member of Troop 2 in Bronxville, New York from…
Cribbage
JFK spent some of this free time while in the Solomons playing cribbage. His PT109 crew scrounged scrap plywood and fashioned sets for them to…
Football
Although much to his chagrin that it was not his best sport as a performer, JFK simply loved football. Thinking it a manly and virile…
Harvard Crimson Business Board
JFK, who throughout much of his early life considered a career in journalism, won a place his senior year on the Harvard Crimson business board….
Harvard Junior Varsity Football
Although he was often in precarious health, JFK was keen on proving himself an adept athlete. He played on the junior varsity football team at…
History
JFK even from early age was interested in history and spent much time and energy reading and studying. Rose Kennedy said in an interview conducted…
Hunting
For all of his testosterone-driven virility JFK was a reluctant and very infrequent hunter. As a young man, Kennedy had gone grouse shooting in the…
Knights of Columbus
JFK was reportedly high ranking in this Catholic organization, attaining at least a 4th order. He is on the most right in the the photo…
Painting
Although his cultural tasts were decidely middlebrow, JFK took up painting under the tutelage of his wife Jackie.
Reading
JFK was universally acknowledged to be a voracious reader (like many people who have lonely childhoods or distant relationships with their mothers.) JFK took to…
Sailing
Many family observers feel that sailing was JFK’s favorite sport. Spending the summers of his boyhood on the water at Hyannis Port, JFK learned how to sail…
Shoplifting
As recorded in Rose Kennedy’s diary, on at least one occasion, JFK (at about age 6 or 7) and his older brother Joe, Jr. were…
