Arthur Holcombe
Arthur Holcombe was a professor at Harvard who taught a several different government classes that Jack signed up for. Described as “fusty, pompous, long-winded, and…
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April 22, 1962
This photo of JFK at about age 6 with his brother Joe, Jr., and an unknown friend in the seaside town of Cohassett, Massachusetts was…
Visit
JFK and Jackie paid a visit in the evening on Christmas Eve to Joe, Sr., who was still hospitalized after suffering a devastating stroke 5…
December 19, 1961
JFK had stopped in Palm Beach on his way back to Washington, D.C. He stood talking with his father on the tarmac before boarding Air…
February 9, 1945
JFK was living at the Castle Rock Hotel, trying to recuperate from his arduous time in the South Pacific. He was in the process of…
August 16, 1944
JFK is on the tarmac of Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts to meet his sister Kathleen who arrived on an Army transport plane after hearing…
Gone
JFK learned that his older brother Joe, Jr. was gone. It was a Sunday afternoon and JFK was spending the day with his family at…
Promise Wasted
Joseph Kennedy, Jr. lost his life, his promise wasted when his converted B-24 Liberator aircraft blew up prematurely on a bombing run to hit Nazi…
September 29, 1942 (Tuesday)
JFK arrived in Hyannis Port with the news that he had been accepted into the Motor Torpedo Boat Training School in Melville, Rhode Island. His…
Brothers
Jack and Joe, Jr. where photographed in their naval uniforms in Palm Beach, Florida. [45, p. 58-9]
Christmas prognostications
JFK was in Palm Beach for Christmas Day and listened to his father’s prognostications about what he deemed was the futile position of the United…
July 19, 1938
Jack Kennedy ate lunch at the embassy with his father, Joe, Jr., Rose, and Cardinal Hinsel. [30, RKP]
Snowfall
Jack wrote his father a letter describing his school football team’s last game and the snowfall that caused it. He also somewhat with some relief…
December 27, 1923
Jack Kennedy and his brother Joe accompanied their mother Rose and family friend Mary Moore to the Poland Springs resort in Maine. [30, RKP, box…
June 8, 1923
JFK and his brother Joe, Jr. were at the beach visiting with their mother, who had moved down the week before. Although the weather was…
June 5, 1923
JFK’s mother Rose leaves JFK and Joe, Jr. in the Brookline household to start her summer vacation at the beach. She had just recently returned…
One More
Along with the Tenovus, this was a 16 foot Wianno junior class sailboat that was popular on Cape Cod when JFK was growing up. It…
Rose Elizabeth
JFK’s first boat was the sailboat that he co-owned with his older brother Joe, Jr. after it was given to them by their parents in…