JOHN F. KENNEDY'S 102ND BIRTHDAY
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On May 29, 1917, 102 years ago at 3 p.m. today, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, future 35th POTUS, was born here in Brookline. It was a Tuesday. JFK was born in the second floor master bedroom of the family home at 83 Beals Street.
John F. Kennedy, who would be called Jack, was the second child of Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy. The baby was delivered by Dr. Frederick Good. The twin bed nearest the window was chosen for the birth to provide the best light for the doctor.
The Kennedy birthplace was purchased for $6500 by Joe Kennedy, Sr. in 1914. JFK lived in Brookline for 4 years. He was baptised at nearby St. Aidans Roman Catholic Church. The family moved to Riverdale, New York in 1921.
The house at 83 Beals Street, built in 1909, is a Colonial Revival structure which boasts a spacious porch. In 1961, Brookline placed a bronze plaque in front of the house to mark it as the birthplace of the new POTUS.
In 1966, the house was bought back by the Kennedy family for restoration and on May 29, 1969 it was "dedicated and gifted to the National Park Service." Lily Ruso says that Rose never cared for the original dark forest green color and had the house repainted blue.
JFK+50 NOTE:
Probably the most famous singing of HAPPY BIRTHDAY for a POTUS came on May 19, 1962 at Madison Square Garden when actress/singer Marilyn Monroe honored JFK with her rendition of "Happy Birthday To You" along with a reworked stanza from "Thanks for the Memories." She sang...
"Thanks, Mr. President, for all the things you've done
The battles that you've won
The way you deal with U.S. Steel
And our problems by the ton."
SOURCES
"Five Things You Didn't Know About JFK's Birthplace", by Lily Ruso, May 25, 2017, Home and Prosperity, www.bostonmagazine.com/
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy Birthplace, Brookline, Massachusetts," Houses of the Presidents, Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes and Grand Estates, by Hugh Howard, photography by Roger Straus III, Little, Brown & Company, New York, 2012.
Marilyn Monroe
Sings Happy Birthday to JFK
Madison Square Garden
May 19, 1962
Photo by Cecil Stoughton
JFK Library Image
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On May 29, 1917, 102 years ago at 3 p.m. today, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, future 35th POTUS, was born here in Brookline. It was a Tuesday. JFK was born in the second floor master bedroom of the family home at 83 Beals Street.
John F. Kennedy, who would be called Jack, was the second child of Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy. The baby was delivered by Dr. Frederick Good. The twin bed nearest the window was chosen for the birth to provide the best light for the doctor.
The Kennedy birthplace was purchased for $6500 by Joe Kennedy, Sr. in 1914. JFK lived in Brookline for 4 years. He was baptised at nearby St. Aidans Roman Catholic Church. The family moved to Riverdale, New York in 1921.
The house at 83 Beals Street, built in 1909, is a Colonial Revival structure which boasts a spacious porch. In 1961, Brookline placed a bronze plaque in front of the house to mark it as the birthplace of the new POTUS.
In 1966, the house was bought back by the Kennedy family for restoration and on May 29, 1969 it was "dedicated and gifted to the National Park Service." Lily Ruso says that Rose never cared for the original dark forest green color and had the house repainted blue.
JFK+50 NOTE:
Probably the most famous singing of HAPPY BIRTHDAY for a POTUS came on May 19, 1962 at Madison Square Garden when actress/singer Marilyn Monroe honored JFK with her rendition of "Happy Birthday To You" along with a reworked stanza from "Thanks for the Memories." She sang...
"Thanks, Mr. President, for all the things you've done
The battles that you've won
The way you deal with U.S. Steel
And our problems by the ton."
SOURCES
"Five Things You Didn't Know About JFK's Birthplace", by Lily Ruso, May 25, 2017, Home and Prosperity, www.bostonmagazine.com/
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy Birthplace, Brookline, Massachusetts," Houses of the Presidents, Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes and Grand Estates, by Hugh Howard, photography by Roger Straus III, Little, Brown & Company, New York, 2012.
Marilyn Monroe
Sings Happy Birthday to JFK
Madison Square Garden
May 19, 1962
Photo by Cecil Stoughton
JFK Library Image
