277 Park Avenue
277 Park Avenue was a Kennedy family apartment that Jack used occasionally while he was in New York. The building was not known for its’…
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Hyannis Port
Hyannis Port was the town that came to be synonymous with the Kennedy family. In the spring of 1926, Patriarch Joe Kennedy first rented what…
April 14, 1962
April 14, 1962 JFK spent part of the day cruising on the USS Northhampton.
Terrible News
JFK was at his family’s house in Hyannis Port when he received the terrible news that Joe, Jr. had been killed during a top-secret naval…
Letter
JFK wrote on of his frequent letters home. As was his custom, the letter was addressed only to his father. Dear Dad, How is everything?…
January 12, 1942
Gossip columnist Walter Winchell pens his often-referenced “outing” of the romantic liasion between JFK and Inga Arvad, “One of ex-ambassador Kennedy’s eligible sons is the…
December 6, 1940 (Friday)
JFK was in California during his last days of his brief stay at Stanford University. He had been working on a document to be used…
Defending Kennedy Family Honor
JFK was always intensely interested in defending Kennedy family honor. He sent out a 3000 word screed to his father outlining possible arguments that Joe…
Stations
JFK was in the Bay Area and listened to his Joe Kennedy, Sr.’s 9 P.M. EST radio address broadcast over 114 stations of the Columbia…
August 9, 1938
July 19, 1938 Jack is in London for the summer visiting and staying with his family in the Ambassador’s residence. He spent part of the…
October 2, 1931
JFK arrived at the prep school Choate in Wallingford, Connecticut, two weeks after the start of the term. Before he can enroll, however, he must…
December 9, 1929
JFK wrote a letter to his father, who was in California with his mistress Gloria Swanson. He gives details about his brother Joe, Jr. being…
February 28, 1923
JFK and his brother Joe received pet baby alligators from their Aunt Agnes (Rose’s younger sister.) They name the creatures Jerry and Charlie after their…
January 16, 1923
JFK says goodbye to his father Joe, who leaves the family and household for one of his frequent stays in Palm Beach, Florida.
Baptism
JFK is baptized at St. Aidan’s Roman Catholic Church in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is given as his first and middle names the name of his…
Paul Chase
JFK Choate prep school friend who was invited to the Kennedy home on several occasions on school holidays.
Ted Reardon
Chief Washington aide for JFK’s initial term as Congressman. He was offered the job in part because he was Joe, Jr.’s Harvard roommate and had…
Flash I
This sailboat (Star #902) was purchased by JFK and his brother Joe and was built by Parkman Yachts in Brooklyn, New York in 1932. Jack…