Season 2, Episode 35-John F Kennedy and Hyannis Port

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Another world traveler as President, John F Kennedy had homes all over the country: Palm Beach, rural Virginia, and, of course, Hyannisport, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Explore John F Kennedy’s political rise; his election and Presidency; his iconic wife, Jacqueline, and children; as well as his homes!

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Season 2, Episode 35: John F Kennedy and Hyannis Port

Be sure to listen to John F Kennedy’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “John F Kennedy and Brookline” on his birthplace!

Also, be sure to listen to John F Kennedy’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “John F Kennedy’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

The Kennedys at Hyannis Port from PBS.

Kennedys in Hyannis Port from JFK Hyannis Museum.

Rare Photos from Kennedy Compound from Town and Country magazine.

John F Kennedy’s Former Winter White House from Architectural Digest.

John F Kennedy’s Winter White House from Mansion Global.

Glen Ora from HouseHistree.

Kennedy Virginia House Wexford from Town and Country.

From My July 2025 Visit!

John F Kennedy’s home in the compound

The Kennedy Compound

John F Kennedy’s Compound in Hyannis!

John at the Hyannis compound
With his family at Hyannis.
Inside the Kennedy compound from Town and Country

John F Kennedy’s Winter White House in Palm Beach!

The Winter White House
JFK in Palm Beach.
The Kennedy Palm Beach property.

From the Kennedy’s home at Glen Ora!

The Kennedy’s Glen Ora home.
Glen Ora property.
Jackie in her glory at Glen Ora.
Jackie overseeing the restoration of White House State Rooms and the restored Blue Room.
The Dining Room, Green Room, and Red Room.
JFK Pool mural
Jacqueline and John F Kennedy portraits

John F Kennedy Home: 50 Marchant Avenue, Hyannis, Massachusetts.

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Recommended Reading for John F Kennedy

Fredrik Logevall, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century.
Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life: John F Kennedy.
Mark Updegrove, JFK in the Presidency.
Richard Reeves, President Kennedy: Profile of Power.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., A Thousand Days: John F Kennedy in the White House.

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