July 1, 2014 - Happy July to everyone. Today we will concentrate on a short history of the famed, historic property at Hyannisport. -------------- Joseph P. Kennedy began renting the house, with its wide veranda and ocean views, in 1926. He bought it three years later and enlarged it to fit the large family. Two of his sons, John and Robert, purchased their own homes next door when they got older, and for 80 years the rambling white houses by the sea have been the scene of numerous moments fit for the history books. 50 Marchant Ave. is Joe and Roses original home and is now part of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute. 111 Irving Ave. is JFKs original home nad is now owned by Edward Kennedy, Jr., sold to him by Caroline for $1.00. 109 Irving Ave. is RFKs home still lived in by Ethel. Other Compound homes are Eunice and Sergeant Shriver is on Atlantic Ave. Max Kennedy, Chris Kennedy has Brambletyde on Squaw Island - leased by JFK 1963, RFK Jr., Joan Kennedy on Squaw Island. It was in Robert’s cottage that President Kennedy and his aides watched the returns on election night. The next morning he rode in a white Lincoln to give his victory speech from the Hyannis Armory. That afternoon, they played touch football on the lawn. The family gathered here to grieve on Thanksgiving Day in 1963, days after President Kennedy was assassinated. Senator Kennedy returned to the compound in 1969 after the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne, emotionally shattered and prepared to resign his Senate seat and give up politics. When John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane crashed into the ocean off Martha’s Vineyard, three priests celebrated Mass under a white tent that had been installed on the lawn for the wedding of Bobby Kennedy’s youngest child, Rory. It was Senator Kennedy who held a chalice of Communion wine while one of the priests distributed Eucharistic wafers. Every year at Thanksgiving - rain or shine, warm or cold - the family goes out to sail. A group of close family friends is invited over for a meal, often accompanied by a Christmas singalong. Except 1963. But with the death of the last son of Rose and Joe Kennedy, a piece of that dynasty ends. Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late Robert F. Kennedy, still lives in a home on the compound. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and his wife, Maria Shriver, own a home about a block away, as does her brother Robert.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 17:10:22 +0000
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